GAME RESULTGame Result

Sec. 2 2019/3/16 (Sat)
Audience 1,049 people 
Weather: Cloudy, weak temperature 15.9 degrees, humidity 22% 
Referee: Takao Ueda Assistant Referee: Hisao Manabe / Daisuke Hatakeyama Fourth Official: Takafumi Mikuriya

J3 Sec. 2

AJI FIELD NISHI

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FC Tokyo U-23

0-1

Match Finished

First Half0-1

Second half0-0

AWAY

Iwate Grulla Morioka

FC Tokyo U-23 Iwate Grulla Morioka
Scorer 43' Akira FUKAI
57' Nattawut → Kobayashi Riku
Player Substitution 63' Natsuki MAKIKURA → Yu MIHARA
66' Shota KIKUCHI → Motoyuki HIRAKAWA
90'+1 Shota YOMESAKA → Kazuki EGASHIRA
17 Shoot 9
7 CK 6
16 FK 19
27' Rei HIRAKAWA
60' Arthur SILVA
Warning 82' Takahide Kinoshita
Ejected
FC Tokyo U-23 Starting Lineup
GK 13 Go HATANO
DF 45 Arthur SILVA
DF 5 Daiki NIWA
DF 29 Makoto OKAZAKI
DF 22 Takumi NAKAMURA
MF 40 Rei HIRAKAWA
MF 44 Manato SHINADA
MF 21 Insoo YU
MF 31 Nattawut
FW 28 Takuya UCHIDA
FW 24 Taichi HARA
FC Tokyo U-23Substitute
GK 41 Taishi Brandon NOZAWA
DF 43 Seiji KIMURA
MF 50 Kim Seong-min
MF 38 Riku KOBAYASHI
Iwate Grulla MoriokaStarting Lineup
GK 1 Yasuhira Doi
DF 2 Takaaki Kinoshita
DF 3 Tomoya FUKUDA
DF 22 Shuhei Fukai
MF 17 Hirota Ryuji
MF 14 Shota YOMESAKA
MF 19 Naoya YOSHIDA
MF 7 Mugikura Naki
FW 13 Kazuma Uchida
FW 9 Shota Kikuchi
FW 11 Yabuuchi Kentaro
Iwate Grulla MoriokaSubstitute
GK 31 Sunao KASAHARA
DF 4 Yuya Maehara
MF 5 Keita ISHII
MF 20 Kazuki Egashira
FW 16 Genki HIRAKAWA

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【Player/Coach Comments】

Player comments can be found here

"Tokyo U-23, Coach Tetsu NAGASAWA's Press Conference Summary"

"First of all, I am truly grateful that over 1,000 fans and supporters gathered at Nishigaoka. Despite the fact that you all took the time to come to our U-23 home opener, I am very sorry that we were unable to earn 3 points."
In regards to the match, since young players were participating, we had to play more aggressively.
I think today's defeat was due to not being able to express aggressiveness while enduring against opponents who play with a gritty and tenacious style. Throughout the game, we tried various challenges such as changing positions and player configurations, but it was unsatisfactory and there is still a need for improvement in terms of being able to threaten the opponent.
Since it is a league match, each player needs to make use of experiences like today's in the next game, and it is most important to gain confidence by winning, so I want to prepare well for the next home game against Fujieda.S.

(Is "positioning" referring to the positioning during the game or simply the meaning of arrangement?)
"We were putting too many players in the build-up against opponents who were pressing from the front line."
The goal is to score, so it is important to know where to play when moving the ball. I think it was a waste today because we had too many people behind, and we cannot score without aiming for the opponent's penalty area.
The challenge remains in the position that focuses on attacking with numbers forward.

(Nakamura's position today was on the left side. I think his main position is on the right, but today's evaluation is)
"I want to avoid personal evaluation. However, in modern soccer, it is difficult to play only in one position. In the top team, Ogawa, who is left-handed, also plays on the right side, and Coach Hasegawa demands playing in multiple positions."
"Experiencing something in practice and experiencing it in a real game are completely different, so I appreciate being able to try and play in today's match."