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2015.6.05[Academy]

[U-15] Germany Expedition Report Day 1

Today, the U-15 Fukagawa/Musashi mixed team (U14) departed for Germany, Berlin to participate in a street soccer tournament sponsored by GAZPROM, the main sponsor of the UEFA Champions League. (June 4th to June 8th)


During this overseas training period, there will be opportunities to experience live soccer in Europe, such as watching the Champions League final. However, first and foremost, we aim to win the street soccer tournament starting tomorrow, and each player wants to make good preparations.
The opponent will be determined by lottery on the day, so no matter who the opponent is, I want to fight fair and square like FC Tokyo U-15 without ever being afraid.


Today is the day of travel to Germany.
Board the 10:00 departure from Narita Airport to Istanbul, Turkey, and after a transit, arrive at Tegel Airport in Germany after approximately 15 hours of flight.
We arrived at the accommodation in Berlin city by bus at around 23:00 local time. It was a journey of about 16 hours.


The players, who couldn't hide their fatigue after their first long-distance travel, finished their late dinner and will now prepare for tomorrow with all their strength.
If we win the two qualifying matches tomorrow morning, we will advance to the afternoon ranking tournament and fight to aim for the final round the day after tomorrow.