~ Sieg Cup U-12 Soccer Festival in Kijimadaira <Day 1>

Starting today, the Sieg Cup U-12 Soccer Festival in Kijimadaira has begun!

Gather early in the morning and travel together by bus!
It was a long-distance trip, but we safely arrived at a wonderful venue surrounded by nature!

After arriving, we had lunch, communicated with teammates who will be on the same team in this tournament, and decided on uniform numbers.

Once preparations for the tournament are complete, the opening ceremony will finally begin!
We received encouragement for the participating children from Mr. Miyashita of Sieg Corporation and Mr. Seki, the Education Director of Kijimadaira Village, who are sponsoring us.

After the opening ceremony, warm up and the match will start!
Each team showed no signs of travel fatigue and demonstrated excellent play both offensively and defensively on the natural grass pitch despite the heat.

Today, each team played 2 or 3 matches, and after the matches ended, they moved to the hotel.
We moved our luggage to each room, took a shower to wash off the sweat, and then had dinner!
We also prepared plenty of side dishes, and the children were very satisfied!

After dinner, we held a general meeting.
We aligned our overall awareness on lifestyle aspects such as thinking about goals for this festival, how to spend time at the hotel, and nutrition!

The first day has ended safely, and the children will go to bed after this.
From the second day, there will be not only tournament matches but also various activities!!
I want to fully enjoy this festival!

[Match Results Live Update & Current Standings Check Here]