"FOOTBALL FOR FRIENDSHIP 2016 IN MILANO" tournament day.
The players ate a lot for breakfast in the sunny weather and are full of energy!
Moved by bus for about 20 minutes from the hotel and arrived at the venue.
This tournament will have one team participating from 32 countries, and the qualification league will be conducted by dividing them into 8 groups with 4 teams each.
2nd place and above can advance to the Final Round tournament according to the regulations.

The opening ceremony is over and now it's time for the first match.
The first match opponent is a match against FC Kairat from Kazakhstan.
The players, with a slightly nervous expression on their faces due to the first match, are overwhelmed by the atmosphere and unable to move their bodies as they wish.
Tokyo took the lead, but was caught up and the intense battle ended in a 2-2 draw.
 

The second match will be against Besiktas from Turkey, who have a large physical presence.
Players who gradually relax and demonstrate their strength.
The match starts with a goal by Natsui Watanabe. However, as the sun gets stronger and fatigue starts to show, we end up conceding an equalizing goal.
Continuing to push forward to score a winning goal, but conceding a goal just before the end and losing 1-2.

In the third match, we faced FK Crvena Zvezda, which has 7 players from the Serbian national team, with no other way to advance to the qualifying league except for victory.
The team is united and aiming for victory, trying to bring the flow of the game closer with intense battles and physical plays, but they are struggling to capitalize on their chances.
However, we allowed the opponent to score a goal near the end of the match and suffered a defeat with a score of 0-1.

With this result, we have been eliminated from the qualifying league, and the challenge of learning through the players' play has come to an end.

The tournament has ended, but when I returned to the hotel, an international exchange event was being held.
Exchange pin badges with people from 32 countries!
The players actively engaged in one of the purposes of this expedition, which is "international exchange", and there were players who collected pin badges from all 32 countries, with very satisfied smiles!

Tomorrow, I will watch and learn from another lesson, the Champions League final.