On the fourth day of the France expedition, April 6 (Thu), we observed the training of Paris Saint-Germain FC's U-17 and U-19 teams in the morning.
It has been a time to be inspired by various aspects of players who are close in age, such as intensity, technique, and emotional expressions after scoring, in addition to their play.
Afterwards, I returned to the Paris Saint-Germain FC dormitory, had lunch, and was able to meet Sergio Ramos, who belongs to the Paris Saint-Germain FC first team, while taking a little break.
When the players called out "Sergio!" he kindly agreed to have his photo taken.
In the afternoon, we will take a bus for about 2 and a half hours to move to Sansu, which is also the venue for the TSF International Tournament, and arrive at the police academy dormitory in Sansu. We will be staying here from today.
After that, we played practice matches of 20 minutes halves with a local club team, following the regulations of this tournament.
The match was dominated from start to finish.
In the 2nd minute of the first half, although Ko KOBAYASHI's free kick was initially blocked by the opposing goalkeeper, Shuto JO followed up and scored the opening goal. In the 5th minute of the first half, Shuto JO scored the second goal from Ko KOBAYASHI's corner kick. Furthermore, in the 7th minute of the first half, Riku NAKASHIMA scored the fourth goal with a middle shot, and the momentum continued as Rento KAJIYAMA scored the fifth goal with a header from Ko KOBAYASHI's free kick in the 15th minute of the first half. Rento KAJIYAMA calmly slotted in the fifth goal in front of the goal, and the first half ended. We will go into halftime with a score of 5-0.
At halftime, we reaffirmed our commitment to "always aiming for the goal" and approached the second half with that mindset until the end.
The momentum continued in the second half, and in the 7th minute of the second half, player Tessyo TAKAI broke through the goalkeeper and scored a goal. In the 13th minute of the second half, player Haruto SHIOZAKI scored the 7th goal with a header from a corner kick. In the 18th minute of the second half, Riku NAKASHIMA sealed the victory with a goal from a free kick.
The game ended with a total score of 8-0.
We have confirmed our commitment to always aim for the goal in the FC Tokyo style, and to communicate with each other on the pitch, even against tough opponents in terms of quality and intensity in this tournament. We have completed our preparations before the tournament.
Dinner is served at the venue set up by the tournament organizers.
During the tournament period, we will have meals together with other participating teams at this venue.
Finally, the main tournament will start from Apr 7 (Fri) tomorrow.
We will fight with all our might against the world.
