The schedule for Day 3 was training in the morning and a training match with Sparta Rotterdam in the afternoon.
The morning training was conducted at a ground owned by a local club team located about a 15-minute walk from the dormitory.
We conducted training in a one-on-one format, shooting training while confirming the flow until the finish, and finally played a 15-minute half game with the awareness of a tournament format.
After training, we return to the dormitory and have a meal in preparation for the afternoon training match.
After a bus journey of about 1 hour and 30 minutes to the Sparta Rotterdam ground, warm-up begins immediately.
And the game starts in the pouring cold rain.
The goal for this game, as stated by coach Yukihiko SATO, is to score within the first 15 minutes and play aggressively on both offense and defense.
Tawaratsumida creates many chances, such as dribbling breakthroughs from the left side to invade the goal area, but struggles to take shots and the first half ends scoreless.
After changing the members, we approached the second half with a focus on the first 15 minutes again.
37 minutes into the game, Tohara sends the ball behind the opponent's DF, and Mariek crosses it, but it is deflected by the DF.
Baba calmly guides this loose ball into the goal to take the lead.
In addition, in the 38th minute immediately after, TAWARATSUMIDA, who dribbled into the penalty area, was fouled and won a penalty kick. Mariek calmly converted it, extending the lead to two points.
Mushashi wanted to score additional points, but in the 47th minute, they allowed a goal to the opponent who broke through from behind, resulting in a score of 2-1.
We wanted to win as it is, but in the 68th minute near the end, the opponent created an opportunity on the right side and allowed an additional goal, resulting in a 2-2 draw.
Training in the morning on the 4th day, followed by a training match in the afternoon.
We would like to face our challenges once again and approach the final training and training matches for this tournament.
