GAME RESULTMatch Results

Sec. 16 2019/6/23 (Sun)
Audience 12,343 people 
Weather: Cloudy, Temperature: 19.3 degrees Celsius, Humidity: 75% 
Referee: Hajime MATSUO Assistant Referee: Ryo HIRAMA/Hisashi NAKAI Fourth Official: Takayuki SATO

J1 Matchday 16

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2-0

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First Half0-0

Second half2-0

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FC Tokyo

Vegalta Sendai FC Tokyo
74' Sekiguchi Kunimitsu
88' Hamon LOPES
Scorer
64' Kaina YOSHIO → Ryohei DOBUCHI
86' Kunimitsu SEKIGUCHI → Takayoshi ISHIHARA
86' Naoki ISHIHARA → Anderson LOPES
Player substitution 73' Yojiro TAKAHAGI → Kota OMORI
78' Na SANGHO → Kiichi YAJIMA
87' Sei MUROYA → Kosuke OTA
18 Shoot 5
6 CK 6
14 FK 14
45'+5 Shimao Mate
Warning 31' Yojiro TAKAHAGI
Expulsion
Vegalta Sendai starting lineup
GK 1 Schmidt Daniel
DF 13 Yasuhiro HIRAOKA
DF 23 Shimaomate
DF 2 Katsuya NAGATO
MF 5 Keiya SHIIHASHI
MF 8 Yoshiki MATSUSHITA
MF 4 Koji HACHISUKA
MF 7 Kunimitsu Sekiguchi
FW 15 Kaina YOSHIO
FW 11 Naoki Ishihara
FW 38 Shun NAGASAWA
Vegalta Sendai Substitute
GK 22 Goro KAWANAMI
DF 27 Kazuki OIWA
MF 6 Shingo Hyodo
MF 14 Takayoshi ISHIHARA
MF 17 Shingo Tomita
MF 18 Ryohei Michibuchi
FW 9 Hamon LOPES
FC Tokyo Starting
GK 33 Akihiro HAYASHI
DF 2 Sei MUROYA
DF 20 Hyun Soo JANG
DF 3 Masato MORISHIGE
DF 25 Ryoya OGAWA
MF 17 Na SANGHO
MF 8 Yojiro TAKAHAGI
MF 18 Kento Hashimoto
MF 10 Keigo HIGASHI
FW 9 Diego OLIVEIRA
FW 11 Kensuke NAGAI
FC Tokyo Substitute
GK 1 Tsuyoshi KODAMA
DF 6 Kosuke OTA
DF 29 Makoto OKAZAKI
MF 36 Shuto ABE
MF 39 Kotaro OMORI
FW 21 Insoo YU
FW 23 Kiichi Yajima

[Highlight Video]

[Player and Coach Comments]

"Masato MORISHIGE Player"
(Conceding a goal in the midst of gradually launching an offensive. It seemed like the defense was well organized)
"I think it was a preventable goal. In the midst of the opponent's attacks from the left side, we were unable to effectively respond in the final moments."

(Regarding the fact that we conceded a goal even though we had enough defenders)
"We can't say anything until we review the footage, but if each individual doesn't surpass the opponent in that situation, it will lead to such a goal. We have conceded 3 goals in the last 2 matches and have not scored any, so as a team, we need to review it again."
We need to make solid improvements and raise the quality. We have to think about it throughout the season.

(Although this is the consecutive loss in the league matches)
"Not only today but also in the previous match, we had many scenes where the opponent took advantage of our simple mistakes. I think there were many scenes in these two matches where each individual lost the ball in the connecting part or the final pass. I think because there are many such scenes, the rhythm of the attack does not come out."


《Keigo HIGASHI Player》
(It was a game where we couldn't create many scoring opportunities)
"We had to be patient. Today, we couldn't create any decisive chances, so that's something we need to work on. However, there will always be games like this in a long season."
The league game ended in a losing streak, but we will continue without falling apart. Last season, we lost momentum by not winning from this point, so we must not repeat the same mistake and what we are doing is not wrong. We want to continue without losing confidence."

(It was a game with few shots)
"There are games like this, and there is no compatibility, but I haven't won at this stadium for a while, so I think there is also some mental aspect to it. I will face forward and do it again."
We are still in first place, so there is absolutely no need for us to collapse from within.
The league match will be against Yokohama FM at home in the next round, and it will be an important game to turn around the first half of the season in first place.
"We want to reflect on the details together as a team without looking down and prepare for the next."


"Tokyo - Summary of Coach Kenta HASEGAWA's Press Conference"
"We were unable to create many chances throughout the 90 minutes, and I think we couldn't show our strengths today."

(The match was a defensive one)
"I don't think it was a defensive match at all. We couldn't score, so in the second half, we became more aggressive and started to receive counterattacks from the opponent. In that situation, we were scored by player Kaua, and after that, we had no choice but to go forward, so I think the second goal was inevitable."

(Reason for substituting Yajima while keeping Nagai and Diego Oliveira on the field)
"Sendai scored a goal and started closing the spaces at the back."
"In that situation, it became difficult to break through with just the speed of the two forwards, so I lined up three players, including Yajima's height, hoping to score a goal."

(What was the intention of putting player Ota on the right side back?)
"Today, Muraya's vertical breakthrough was shut down. It wasn't a desperate measure, but we were able to push it to a certain extent, so we were looking for the quality of the in-swing cross ball and hoping to find a way out from there. There wasn't enough time to explain sliding Ogawa to the right, and it's difficult to give instructions in the last 5 minutes. So, we put Ota on the right and used him in case such a situation arose."

"Summary of Sendai Watanabe's press conference"
"We suffered a very frustrating defeat in the Levain Cup on the 19th, and it was about how we could prepare in the following three days."
The players worked hard on recovery and improving their condition by pushing their bodies. They approached these tasks very seriously. We first talked about using this energy to explode in this game and they showed a very positive power, I think."

(Regarding the fact that we haven't lost to Tokyo in 7 official matches since last season)
"On the contrary, we won for the first time at Ajinomoto Stadium last season. Until then, we had been unable to win at Ajinomoto Stadium, so it was considered a difficult place to play. However, we were able to break through that difficult place in the early stages of last season's Sec. 2 match, and I think we were able to remove some of the negative image we had up until now."