[Reserve]
GK:21 Kinji Iizuka
DF:
MF:34 Ryoichi KOBAYASHI
FW:22 Minoru IMAMURA

○Match Report
【Challenge to the next stage】
The weather is clear. In the chilly wind, the "Emperor's Cup U-18 Soccer League 2017 Championship" will be held at Saitama Stadium 2002 to determine the true champion of the high school age group.
Coach Sato said, "The best stage. This tournament will undoubtedly determine the best team in Japan. The opponent doesn't matter."
Not only the 18 members who joined, but let's gather all the power related to FC Tokyo U-18 and fight. When it gets tough, let's look at everyone's faces and encourage each other.
Amidst the tense atmosphere, the players listen to Coach Sato's instructions and are encouraged with the words, "Let's show our accumulation and way of life!" before being sent onto the pitch.
11,023 people rushed to this match.
The match, in which many fans and supporters watched the young blue and red players aiming for their first championship, kicked off in Kobe at 13:00.

【First half】
Kobe Univ entered the game with momentum from the start.
Struggling in the battle of physical strength, they are also being outplayed by the opponent in the recovery of second balls.
8 minutes, Kobe Univ is given a free kick, but the wall blocks it and it becomes a corner kick, which they defend successfully.
In addition, a shot was taken in the 16th minute, and the 18th minute arrived.
When a long throw from the right side is connected with a header in front of the goal, the opponent manages to get one step ahead of the Tokyo defense and scores a goal with a header, conceding the opening goal.
Tokyo wanted to counterattack, but they struggled to create an attacking formation and time kept passing.
However, they gradually regained their composure and started to dominate the ball, but they were unable to penetrate the opponent's penalty area even after 32 minutes.
When the ball is taken away inside the opponent's territory, a long vertical pass drops behind the Tokyo DF line.
When Hasegawa chased after it, he ended up knocking down the opponent inside the penalty area, resulting in a penalty kick decision.
Takase reacts to this penalty kick on the left, but narrowly misses and concedes the second goal.
Tokyo, who is trailing by two points, started to create tempo by moving the ball around after about 35 minutes, but they couldn't create clear chances.
37 minutes, Shinaida makes a negative last pass from the left PA, but fails to connect with the center. In the 42nd minute, Hara receives Arakawa's feed but cannot control it.
The first half ends without being able to create any real chances, and we head into the second half.

【Halftime】
Coach Sato: "We are not like this. We can do better. We will definitely score the next goal."
Let's move the ball quickly. Let's show what we have done in the remaining 45 minutes.
The best situation. Let's definitely turn it around!"

【Second half】
In the second half, Tokyo substituted captain Okaniwa and Kusumi, who returned from injury and made it to the bench in the final Premier League match, with captain Okaniwa and Kusumi.
When putting Kusumi as the left SB, Arakawa is moved up one row and Sugiyama is positioned on the right side to change the flow.
As a result, Kusumi, who entered the game in the second half, immediately gets involved in scoring.
In the 46th minute just after the start, Hideta, who received a long throw-in on the left side, was fouled inside the penalty area and won a penalty kick.
When Hitoshi himself calmly decides this, it's another 53 minutes.
Kusasumi, who received a pass from Sugiyama, dribbled vertically and crossed the ball to the far side, where Yoshida jumped and headed it in to equalize.
Tokyo, who has grasped the flow, launches a further offensive.
59 minutes, Okanote, who overlapped on the right side, sent a sharp cross to the far post, but Hara couldn't quite reach it with his diving header.
After connecting the ball from their own territory in the next 60 minutes, they entrusted it to Yoshida from Sugiyama and sent it to Hara, who had timed his run, but it was offside.
On the other hand, in the 61st minute, we faced a pinch as we were caught off guard for a moment, and the ball was played behind the Tokyo defense line, where Takase stretched his body and blocked it with his right foot.
In addition, in the 63rd minute, they continued to invite danger from the opponent's set play, but were prevented from scoring by Takase's excellent defense, and did not allow the go-ahead goal.
To respond to the defense's resilience, the attacking unit also moves the ball quickly and tries to penetrate the opponent's penalty area, but fails to break through in the end.
As the game went past the 75th minute, both teams started to make more mistakes, possibly due to fatigue, but they continued to threaten the goal.
At the 85th minute, as the intense exchange between offense and defense continues, the opponent keeps taking consecutive shots, but the defense blocks them.
In the 88th minute, Kobayashi (Miki) connected with Sugiyama, who ran to the right back, and crossed the ball to Hara in front of the goal, but the goalkeeper made a save.
The corner kick obtained here will also be cleared by punching, and now Tokyo's guardian will also show off.
89 minutes, a powerful shot was taken after allowing entry into the right PA, but Takase punched it.
Tokyo, who wants to decide the game in 90 minutes, had opportunities to score consecutively in additional time, but couldn't convert them into goals, and the match goes into a 10-minute half-time extension.

【Extra time first half】
In the 92nd minute, Arakawa receives a cross from Kobayashi (Miki) who received Okaneya's throw-in, but he fails to take a shot.
Then, in the 94th minute, Kobe sends a looping pass behind the defense from a dribble, and the opposing player breaks free and takes a decisive shot.
However, here too Takase jumped out in front, spread his body, erased the course, and sent it outside the frame.
Furthermore, in the 95th minute, Hasegawa's clearance was intercepted, allowing a decisive shot inside the penalty area, but Hasegawa bravely blocked it.
Tokyo will take the lead if the defense remains focused.
100+1 minutes, Terayama replaces Shinaida, who had cramps in his leg, and Okaniwa replaces the CK kicker.
Hasegawa, who entered the center, scored a spectacular header with the right corner kick obtained just before this play, taking the lead for the first time in this match.

【Extra time second half】
Kobe, aiming for an equalizer, is met with a solid defense from Tokyo.
At 101 minutes, he blocked the opponent's shot with his body, and at 105 minutes, he gave a corner kick from the flow of a long throw, but Takase cleared it with a punch.
Tokyo also tries to control the ball in the front line and make good use of time, but is hindered by Kobe's intense defense.
In the 110th minute just before the end of the match, Tokyo made a close call by substituting in Minoru KOBAYASHI, who had just recovered from an injury.
When additional time is displayed as 2 minutes, Tokyo, who did not lose concentration until the end, managed to hold on and achieved a splendid victory.
They made their first appearance in this tournament and achieved their first victory, winning the title of "True Champions of Japan".

Thank you very much for your continued support for FC Tokyo U-18 today.
Your strong support has been the backbone of the players, enabling us to create a new history.
Thank you very much.