[Reserve]
GK:1 Ryuji Ohmoto
DF:24 Kounosuke Kusumi
MF:
FW:

○Match Report
【Challenge to the next stage】
The 41st Japan Club Youth Soccer Championship (U-18) Quarterfinals will be the final match of the Gunma Round.
The opponent in the quarterfinals is Shonan Bellmare Youth.
In the Round of 16, Nagoya Grampus U18 advanced to the quarterfinals after winning against PK shootout.
Coach Sato said, "The opponent runs very well. That's why we need to run more than them. No matter where the opponent is, let's play our own soccer."
And, "The god of victory resides in the details. Let's win and return to our Tokyo!" and sent the players off to the pitch with a pep talk.
Despite the light rain, many fans, supporters, and parents gathered at "Maebashi Football Center C Field" for the early Saturday morning match.
The match, aiming for "AJINOMOTO FIELD NISHIGAOKA", started with a kick-off by Shonan amidst the cheers of both teams.

【First Half】
Shonan, who won Round 16 in a penalty shootout, comes out with great momentum and launches intense attacks from the start.
Starting with the Shonan kickoff, they advance the ball and take the first shot from a dribble. This happens just 8 seconds into the game.
Pressing Tokyo with sharper starts, connecting passes in attack, and being dominated until around the 7th minute.
From there, Tokyo gradually regained composure and began to grasp the rhythm from the ball behind the opponent's defensive line, scoring on their first chance.
10 minutes, Hirakawa dribbles through the left side deeply and crosses to the near side.
Kobayashi (Miki) combines this, but the opponent's GK blocks it, and at the end, Hitoda strikes it in with a middle shot to take the lead.
In addition, at the 15th minute, Sugiyama and Hirakawa connected on the left side and entrusted it to Kubo, who also advanced deeply.
Kobayashi (Miki) firmly pushes in the near cross for an additional point.
This tournament will be a demonstration of the ability to convert few opportunities into goals with certainty.
After that, Tokyo took control of the ball and Shonan aimed for sharp counters, leading to a tense period.
Tokyo, aiming for an additional point, in the 18th minute, Hinda skillfully evades two opponents with ball control and passes to Sugiyama.
In the 19th minute immediately after, Kubo received the ball in the center of the penalty area and passed it to Kobayashi (Miki) who ran to the right. He took a shot but both were blocked by the opponent's goalkeeper's excellent defense.
After that, they continued to dominate the ball and launched a diverse attack with a fast-paced combination of long and short passes from both the center and the left and right sides. However, they struggled to break through the Shonan defense and ended the first half with a score of 2-0.

【Halftime】
Coach Sato
"The game flow is not bad. The opponent is a team that can run for 90 minutes + α. Let's continue to put pressure from the beginning of the second half and play until the end. Let's approach it as if it's still 0-0 and start fresh."

【Second half】
The second half began as the rain intensified.
Tokyo, as instructed by Coach Sato, applied pressure from the beginning and scored a goal from a free kick.
47 minutes, Kubo is fouled in the opponent's penalty area in the center and earns a free kick. He aims for the top left corner of the goal with his left foot and scores while hitting the crossbar.
Score an early goal.
The game continues with Tokyo dominating the ball and Shonan launching sharp counterattacks.
In the 51st minute, Kobayashi (Hiroshi) breaks through deeply on the right side of Tokyo and crosses to the near side.
Kubo aims for this with a one-touch, but the goalkeeper blocks it. Furthermore, Hara tries to follow up on the loose ball but cannot push it in.
Shonan, who never gives up, earns a corner kick in the 54th minute. The goalkeeper joins the attack and takes a header shot, but a foul is called before that.
Shonan GK continues to actively participate in attacking in front of the goal in set plays.
56 minutes, Arakawa crosses from the left side and Hirakawa picks up the loose ball and shoots inside the penalty area.
Hara, who was in the offside line's edge, changed the course with one touch and scored 4-0.
Hara scored his 4th goal in the tournament, making it his 4th consecutive goal in 4 matches.
However, they conceded a goal by taking advantage of a momentary gap in the 58th minute, but did not relinquish control.
65 minutes, Arakawa, who received a deflection from Kobayashi (Hiroshi) with a header on the right side, breaks through alone and enters the penalty area.
Cutting in from a dribble with speed, momentarily evading the opponent, and piercing the far side with the left foot, resulting in a 5-1 score.
Tokyo, which continues to send fresh players such as Rui Yokoyama, Fuki-no, and Tsubasa Terayama to the pitch, without letting the momentum pass.
In the 89th minute, Shonan conceded a second goal from a counterattack.
Furthermore, Shonan, who never gives up, earned a free kick inside Tokyo's territory at 90+2 minutes, and once again the goalkeeper joined the attack.
The Tokyo defense deflects this and clears it far, and Fukino aggressively approaches the landing point.
Picking up the ball from a contest with the opponent's goalkeeper near the center circle in the opponent's penalty area, I dribbled past the approaching defender and scored into the unguarded goal, making it 6-2.
They held off Shonan, who chased until the end, and advanced to the semifinals, which will be held at home at "AJINOMOTO FIELD NISHIGAOKA".

Thank you very much for your passionate support to the players today.
Continuing, we kindly ask for your passionate support for FC Tokyo U-18.

Also, to everyone at the Gunma Prefecture Football Association who organized the Gunma Round tournament.
Thank you to everyone, including the accommodation and all the parties involved.

【Other Matches】
Kawasaki Frontale U-18 0-0 (PK4-1) Yokohama F.Marinos Youth

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