GAME RESULTMatch Results

Sec. 4 2017/3/18 (Sat)
Audience 36,311 people 
Weather: Cloudy, Temperature: 12.8 degrees Celsius, Humidity: 59% 
Referee: Jumpei IIDA Assistant Referee: Takumi TAKAGI / Takanori SAKUMOTO Fourth Official: Takahiro OKANO

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3-0

Match ended

First Half0-0

Second half3-0

AWAY

Kawasaki Frontale

FC Tokyo Kawasaki Frontale
76' Own goal
86' Peter UTAKA
90'+2 Yoshito OKUBO
Scorer
62' Kensuke NAGAI → Peter UTAKA
68' Kento HASHIMOTO → Sotan TANABE
90'+1 Shoya NAKAJIMA → Yuhei TOKUNAGA
Player substitution 56' Hiroyuki ABE → Heiner
71' Eduardo Neto → Tatsuya HASEGAWA
82' Kyohei NOBORIZATO → Koji MIYOSHI
8 Shoot 11
6 CK 4
16 FK 30
50' Kento HASHIMOTO
87' Sotan TANABE
Warning
Expulsion
FC Tokyo Starting
GK 33 Akihiro HAYASHI
DF 2 Sei MUROYA
DF 3 Masato MORISHIGE
DF 5 Yuichi MARUYAMA
DF 6 Kosuke OTA
MF 8 Yojiro TAKAHAGI
MF 37 Kento Hashimoto
MF 15 Kensuke NAGAI
MF 23 Shoya NAKAJIMA
FW 13 Yoshito OKUBO
FW 44 Takuma ABE
FC Tokyo Substitute
GK 1 Takuo OKUBO
DF 4 Kazunori YOSHIMOTO
DF 22 Yuhei TOKUNAGA
MF 27 Sotan TANABE
MF 38 Keigo HIGASHI
FW 9 Peter UTAKA
FW 20 Ryoichi MAEDA
Kawasaki Frontale Starting Lineup
GK 1 Sung Ryong JUNG
DF 6 Yusuke Tasaka
DF 3 Tatsuki NARA
DF 5 Yaguchi Shogo
DF 7 Shintaro KURUMAYA
MF 10 Ryota OSHIMA
MF 21 Eduardo NETO
MF 14 Nakamura Kengo
MF 2 Kyohei NOBORIZATO
FW 8 Hiroyuki ABE
FW 11 Yu KOBAYASHI
Kawasaki Frontale substitute
GK 30 Shota ARAI
DF 28 Itakura Kou
MF 16 Tatsuya HASEGAWA
MF 19 Kentaro MORIYA
MF 13 Koji Miyoshi
FW 22 ハイネル
FW 9 Takayuki Morimoto

[Highlight Video]

[Player and Coach Comments]

"Yoshito OKUBO"
"It was good to score a goal."
 Up until now, I haven't scored any goals, and I had always thought to myself, "It will happen someday." However, I also felt the expectations from those around me, and to be honest, I felt a bit anxious.
 I think it was really good to be able to take it in that way in a game like today, and also towards the fans and supporters.
 After scoring, he ran towards the stands with a feeling of apology.
 The scene of the pass to player Takumi ABE, which led to the opening goal, saw a last-minute change in decision at the end of the play.
 If you can only make one play and decide on it, it would be a waste.
 I could see Taku's position by negotiating.
 Although it was an own goal, I think that first goal was crucial.
 Today's game was unpredictable, but I had thought that Kawasaki often loses focus.
 If you understand that and try to run through it, and if you can make such a challenge in front of the goal, you can score.
 "I want to continue scoring goals that contribute to Tokyo's victory."

《Akihiro HAYASHI Player》
"Joining Tokyo for 2 months. I have a strong sense that my daily training is definitely helping me grow."
I am conscious of going for the "shortest" shot or ball. There have been many unnecessary movements up until now.
Of course, we still need to further refine our defense and offense, but it's good that we were able to win without conceding any goals today. I want to work hard so that we can continue to grow as a team, even if it's just one step at a time.
 "I will join the Japan national team, but I also want to do my best in representing Tokyo and embodying what I have learned here."

"Summary of Yoshiyuki SHINODA's press conference"
"I think that being able to achieve these results is a testament to the players' efforts and the solid performance of the team as a whole. We were able to control the game for the full 90 minutes."
Of course, there were some small mistakes and scenes where scoring opportunities were created, but we were able to fight for the full 90 minutes. In the future, we want to continue fighting while reviewing various aspects.
As for the combination of the attacking unit, there are players with various individual skills, but soccer is about how to fight as a group.
Rather than focusing on appearances, I think it is important for every player to first fight against the opponent in various ways and make selfless movements to help the team win.
On the defensive side, the Frontale players not only stuck to their opponents, but also coordinated and chased after them at the right timing. There were some dangerous moments at the beginning, but we managed to overcome them and gradually set our own pace.
On the offensive side, Ota was able to take a high position and Utaka had time to get into a position to fill in the crosses, thanks to the front players' ability to control the ball and create space.
They are expected to create many such situations within the 90 minutes and thoroughly do things that the opponent dislikes.
Today's game, it was better than the previous few games that we were able to create opportunities in the front line. Also, as time passed, there were many scenes like that, so I think it's a good trend.
Okubo, in the face of various pressures, scored a goal in the previous match's defeat. Truly a man among men.
Even in the last one-two situation, the calmness to be able to see the goalkeeper and the sharpness of the body's movement are truly something to learn from.
Even in defense, he always pressed and pressed back every time, and his contribution to the team was high in various ways.
Of course, I think many of you are expecting him to score goals, but today he did even more than that. He himself overcame great pressure and I believe he has had a positive impact on the team."

"Summary of Kawasaki Toru ONIKI's press conference"
I don't think the start of the first half was bad. However, we were made to chase the ball from the middle and overall, the intensity of our movements decreased, which prevented us from launching powerful attacks. I feel a little disappointed about that.
In the second half, we tried to switch our mindset and approach the game again, but we ended up falling apart due to conceding the first goal.
The factor that caused the player to lose possession of the ball was that when the player had the ball, they didn't feel much pressure, but the ball stopped moving when the player started to move. I think the factor is that the movement of the people also stopped at that point. Also, FC Tokyo's individual defense was strong, so it was difficult to score.