Today, the third day of the Abu Dhabi expedition, we will have practice at the Al Jazira Academy.

This facility, like yesterday, has several natural grass pitches installed, and the training environment was excellent!
Although there is still some fatigue from the second day of the exchange match, we practiced diligently from the morning today as well.

During the afternoon free time, individual meetings were held with each player to clarify future challenges towards their respective goals.

We will use our time outside of practice not just for rest, but meaningfully for ourselves.
Training will be held from 5 PM in the afternoon, and we will prepare for the match that kicks off at 6 PM.

Today's opponent is the Al Jazira academy team, which belongs to the AG League that I watched yesterday, consisting of players of the same generation.

Although the match started at FC Tokyo's pace, they allowed the opening goal from a set piece.
Despite struggling to create shooting opportunities, Oka scored the equalizing goal from a corner kick!
Reset the match to the beginning.

As the second half begins, the match sees back-and-forth action, but once again, Oka scores a goal, successfully turning the score to 2-1.
We wanted to tighten our focus after taking the lead, but we were caught off guard and conceded a goal immediately after. 2 to 2.

After that, we were unable to convert several scoring opportunities we created and ended the match in a draw.

The substitute members were also vocal from the bench, making it a very passionate match, and we really wanted to secure the win.
I want to thoroughly reflect on today's match and overcome the challenges in practice starting tomorrow.

The players cleaned not only their own bench but also the area around the opponent's bench after the match.

Today marks the end of the third day, and I believe the players are starting to feel fatigued, but from here we will shift into a higher gear and elevate ourselves.