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2017.4.01[Academy]

[U-18] Germany Expedition Day 6

Today is also a sunny day in Germany.
After breakfast, I visited Heidelberg University, founded in 1386 and the oldest university in Germany, for a short time.
There are as many as 56 Nobel Prize winners from this university.
I had lunch at the cafeteria on campus and listened to a presentation about the university and a discussion about sports management.


The opponent for the last match of the Germany expedition is FSV Offenbach from U19 BUNDESLIGA2.
I experienced the culture of enjoying soccer for people of all ages and genders, with a large number of spectators watching, the performance of the opposing club, and children playing with the ball on the same pitch as the players warming up before the match.

When the match kicks off, the opponent moves the ball in a low position and aims for the back of the Tokyo defense with long balls.
Therefore, it is difficult to apply pressure to the ball and grasp the rhythm.
Tokyo seizes several opportunities to break through the back of Hara, but fails to score.
◈At the 21st minute, the DF defense was breached and they conceded the opening goal.
After that, at the 39th minute, using the opponent's gap, we started to move the ball carefully. In the build-up from the defensive line, Hara received the ball between the defenders and struck it with his right foot, scoring a goal for the team.
We will go into halftime as it is.
 

After replacing the members, in the second half, we moved the ball smoothly while looking for opportunities and pushed the opponent by inserting effective vertical passes.
◈At the 60th minute, Minoru KOBAYASHI received a pass from Yoshida and successfully scored a left-footed shot to complete the comeback.
However, in the 65th minute, they were caught up to the same score after being combined near the corner kick.
Immediately after that, Yokoyama, who broke through to the back with a long ball from Sakaguchi, scored confidently and regained the lead.
In addition, in the 77th minute, Okaniwa ran diagonally into the ball from Yoshida and calmly scored to make it 4-2.
Tokyo, who continued to actively attack, showed a fighting spirit until the end, but the score remained unchanged and the match ended 4-2.
Decorated the last match of the Germany expedition with a victory.


The Germany expedition this time ended with 3 wins and 2 losses.
Players who were able to have many new experiences and sensations.
I hope you will fight with a high awareness without forgetting this, so that you can make use of it in the Premier League, which will start next weekend.