GAME RESULTMatch Results

Sec. 31 2017/10/29 (Sun)
Audience 13,417 people 
Weather: Cloudy, Temperature: 16.3 degrees Celsius, Humidity: 90% 
Referee: Hiroyoshi TAKAYAMA Assistant Referees: Haruhiro MAENOSONO / Yusuke SEINO Fourth Official: Hayato SHIMIZU

J1 Sec. 31

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Scorer
71' Yoshito OKUBO → Insoo YU
79' Keigo HIGASHI → Ryoichi MAEDA
Player substitution 54' Shota KANEKO → Tiago ALVES
83' Koya KITAGAWA → Takumaru EDAMURA
86' Yosuke KAWAI → Freire
6 Shoot 10
6 CK 11
16 FK 11
82' Kazunori YOSHIMOTO
Warning 45' Ryohei SHIRASAKI
Expulsion
FC Tokyo Starting
GK 1 Takuo OKUBO
DF 22 Yuhei TOKUNAGA
DF 4 Kazunori YOSHIMOTO
DF 5 Yuichi MARUYAMA
MF 8 Yojiro TAKAHAGI
MF 38 Keigo HIGASHI
MF 2 Sei MUROYA
MF 6 Kosuke OTA
FW 15 Kensuke NAGAI
FW 9 Peter UTAKA
FW 13 Yoshito OKUBO
FC Tokyo Substitute
GK 33 Akihiro HAYASHI
DF 29 Makoto OKAZAKI
DF 36 Masayuki YAMADA
MF 10 Yohei KAJIYAMA
MF 25 Ryoya OGAWA
FW 20 Ryoichi MAEDA
FW 21 Insoo YU
Shimizu S-Pulse starting lineup
GK 13 Yuji ROKUTAN
DF 2 Kohei Shimizu
DF 3 Tomoya INUKAI
DF 26 Hiroshi FUTAMI
DF 25 Ko MATSUBARA
MF 17 Yosuke KAWAI
MF 20 Ryo TAKEUCHI
MF 19 Mitchell DUKE
MF 10 Ryohei SHIRASAKI
MF 30 Shota KANEKO
FW 23 Koya KITAGAWA
Shimizu S-Pulse substitute
GK 1 Yohei Nishibe
DF 45 Tsunoda Makoto
DF 5 Kamada Shoya
MF 44 Freire
MF 22 Shoma Edamura
MF 11 Kazuya Murata
FW 8 Tiago ALVES

[Highlight Video]

[Player and Coach Comments]

"Sei MUROYA"
"Today, I focused on simple plays."
 I think there were parts where we were able to threaten the opponent by utilizing the characteristics of the forward players.
 Today it was raining, but I think it's okay to have situations where we play like today on a regular basis.
 "I want to fight in a way that becomes a threat to the opponent and seize victory."

《Kazunori YOSHIMOTO Player》
"I tried my best to give it my all, putting my body on the line and doing everything I could."
 I was thinking of doing everything possible to protect and limit the shooting range until the very end.

 Of course, I wanted to earn 3 points and it's frustrating that we couldn't win.
 However, it is a plus to consider that we did not concede any goals from situations where we were cautious against Shimizu's crosses and set plays.

 The pitch condition was such that it was difficult to connect passes, and there were also areas where things didn't go well, but everyone concentrated and was able to give their all towards what they needed to do.
 We want to take that as a positive and work hard together to win the remaining 3 matches.

"Summary of Tokyo Coach Takayoshi AMMA's Press Conference"
"I am grateful to the fans and supporters who came to the stadium and supported us despite the difficult conditions."
During this week's practice, the schedules of J1 and J3 games overlapped, so there were fewer people in training. In such a situation, the U-18 players helped with set piece practice. It is great to see that their efforts paid off, as we didn't concede any goals from set pieces in today's match.
The people who maintain the field before the match have made efforts to remove the water from the pitch until the very end, for the sake of the soccer we are working on to move the ball. For the sake of those people, I want to take 3 points in the next match and move this team one step forward."

"Q&A"
Q=What was the reason for changing player Okubo (Yoshito)?
"A player who should never be underestimated in soccer, where the ball is constantly in motion."
However, when the soccer game became a situation where water had accumulated on the field and floating balls were put into the front line, he had less time to touch the ball.
I thought it was necessary to make a substitution when considering our own vertical propulsion and Shimizu's counterattack from there, so I made the substitution."

"Summary of Shimizu - Shinji KOBAYASHI Coach's Press Conference"
"In the first half, Hyun Soo JANG did a good job of getting behind the opponent's defensive line and sticking to it, even as the condition of the ground worsened. As for the second half, Hyeongchan CHOI made a mistake and disrupted the rhythm, creating a big crisis, but it was saved by the post. However, throughout the game, everyone was focused on defense, and we were able to create two big chances in the attack."
In the last 4 matches, there have been 3 draws and we haven't been able to score, but we have been able to secure points by defending well.
"Since there is a two-week gap between matches, we will organize our defense a little more and try to regain possession of the ball. This time, we want to score a goal."

《Q&A》
Q=What is the reason for using player Kawai and how is he evaluated?
"He played in the satellite for 60 minutes and was in good condition, so I used him because he didn't look like a player who had been away for 8 months during training. He was nervous about returning on such a big stage at the end of the game, but he did well."
I thought Kawai and Kawamura would be key players in today's match, and considering the possibility of Kawamura getting tired if used first, I felt it would be better to use Kawai first.
"I would like to evaluate it because they played for more than 70 minutes even in today's ground condition."

Q=What was the intention behind the substitution of Diego?
"In the second half, I decided to use them early in order to score points. I was a little worried because it was a combination of players who are good at making runs, like Kitagawa and Thiago, but they did well."
"I used Kaneko with the intention of putting pressure on the opponent's back three, and I think he did a good job."