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2017.3.31[Academy]

[U-18] Germany Expedition Day 5

Germany will become sunny and warmer today.
After breakfast, take a long walk to recover from the fatigue of the three consecutive matches.


Today's opponent is RC Strasbourg, who is playing in the French CHAMPIONNAT NATIONAL U19.
It took 1 hour and 30 minutes to travel by bus, crossing the border.

I want you to actively challenge the game by utilizing what you felt in yesterday's match. Move at the beginning.
3 minutes into the game, YOKOYAMA turned towards the goal around 30 meters away and unleashed a powerful shot with his right foot, leaving the opposing goalkeeper unable to move an inch, scoring the opening goal.
Afterwards, we will utilize the reflection from yesterday and maintain a high defensive line, creating attacking opportunities by making runs behind the defense with Hara and Imamura.
Even in defense, he was momentarily caught off guard and a powerful shot was taken, but GK Takase made a fine save.
In the first half, there were many corner kicks and free kicks, but by learning from yesterday's reflection, the team focused on defending with Takase at the center. In the 27th minute, Yoshida started the play on the left side and switched the ball to Okaniwa, who ran up the right side with Kobayashi and Shinohara.
Imamura, who became free with a far cross from Okaniwa, pushes it in with a diving header and steals an additional point as planned.


In the second half, at the 48th minute, Yoshida steals the opponent's ball at the forefront and finally bypasses the goalkeeper to score.
However, in the 56th and 60th minutes, they were caught off guard by the opponent's counterattack and faced decisive one-on-one situations with the goalkeeper, but each time Takase made a fine save.
Do not let the opponent gain momentum.
In the 76th minute, the team lost the ball in the final line and faced a crisis, but substitute GK Ohmoto quickly narrowed the course with a swift attack, luring the opponent into a shot miss and avoiding the crisis.
Despite being pushed back, we managed to keep a clean sheet until the 87th minute when we conceded a goal. However, we continued to play with focus and fought until the end, winning 3-1.

After the game, we received a unique winner that the opponent's staff had prepared, which is only available in this area, and we headed back home by bus.

Tomorrow is the last match of the Germany expedition. I want to prepare thoroughly from now on so that I can return in good shape.