The morning of the second day has been cancelled due to heavy rain, so we will wait until breakfast time.
After breakfast, we took a bus for an hour to get to Paris Saint-Germain's ground.
After arriving, we were attended by Mr. Oguri, who talked about the differences between overseas and Japan, as well as the importance of this tournament. After that, we had lunch at the restaurant next to the ground.
After lunch, a meeting was held to prepare for the first training match of the expedition (30 minutes x 3 games).
During the meeting, we confirmed the feeling of foreign players in this training match, checked set plays, and confirmed coordination.
During the warm-up, we were hit by a fierce squall, making it a valuable experience abroad from the second day.
The first half saw two goals conceded by the 15-minute mark, with Matsumoto scoring one back around the 20-minute mark. However, a mistake from our team led to another goal immediately after, resulting in a score of 1-3.
Coach Fujiyama explains the meaning of this expedition once again to all players before the start of the second game.
Tightening up and becoming more aggressive, but still 0-1.
The third goal came from both players and the ball moving from the start, and as the chance to carry the ball to the opponent's goal increased, Miyoshi scored the first goal.
However, immediately after scoring a goal, we conceded a goal and the game ended in a 1-1 draw despite our efforts to improve our performance.
The game ended with a total of 3 goals and a score of 2-5.
Confirmed at the pre-match meeting:
1. Knowing the characteristics of overseas players
2. Feeling how far we can compete
3. Feeling the weight of representing Japan and the emblem
This was a match where we strongly felt these three things.
Tomorrow, we will have a training match with Montreal at the venue to be used for the tournament.