GAME RESULTGame Result

Sec. 9 2021/4/11 (Sun)
Audience 17,615 people 
Weather sunny, weak temperature 16.8 degrees humidity 24% 
Referee: Koichiro FUKUSHIMA Assistant Referee: Masahiro HORIKOSHI / Yuki TSUKAKOSHI Fourth Official: Tetsuro YOSHIDA

J1 Sec. 9

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Match Finished

First Half0-2

Second half2-2

AWAY

Kawasaki Frontale

FC Tokyo Kawasaki Frontale
59' Adailton
84' Takuya UCHIDA
Scorer 08' Akihiro IENAGA
17' Akihiro IENAGA
61' Kaoru MITOMA
75' Leandro DAMIAO
46' Shuto ABE → Adailton
64' Hirotaka MITA → Yojiro TAKAHAGI
64' Kensuke NAGAI → Kyosuke TAGAWA
64' Takumi NAKAMURA → Takuya UCHIDA
78' Keigo HIGASHI → Arthur SILVA
Player Substitution 70' Daiya TONO → Yasuto WAKIZAKA
84' Akihiro IENAGA → Kei CHINEN
84' Leandro DAMIAO → Yu KOBAYASHI
84' Kaoru MITOMO → Tatsuya HASEGAWA
90'+1 Aoi TANAKA → Kento TACHIBANADA
3 Shoot 10
6 CK 9
12 FK 13
74' Keigo HIGASHI
Warning
Ejected
FC Tokyo Starting Lineup
GK 1 Tsuyoshi KODAMA
DF 22 Takumi NAKAMURA
DF 29 Makoto OKAZAKI
DF 3 Masato MORISHIGE
DF 6 Ryoya OGAWA
MF 7 Hirotaka MITA
MF 31 Shuto ABE
MF 21 Takuya AOKI
MF 10 Keigo HIGASHI
FW 11 Kensuke NAGAI
FW 9 Diego OLIVEIRA
FC Tokyo Substitutes
GK 13 Go HATANO
DF 25 Sodai HASUKAWA
MF 2 Arthur SILVA
MF 8 Yojiro Takahagi
MF 14 Takuya UCHIDA
FW 15 Adailton
FW 27 Kyosuke TAGAWA
Kawasaki Frontale Starting Lineup
GK 27 Kenta TANNO
DF 13 Miki YAMANE
DF 4 Jesiel
DF 5 Taniguchi Shogo
DF 7 Shintaro Kurumaya
MF 6 Joao SCHMIDT
MF 25 Aoi TANAKA
MF 19 Daiya TONO
FW 41 Akihiro IENAGA
FW 18 Kaoru Misima
FW 9 Leandro DAMIAO
Kawasaki Frontale substitute
GK 21 Shunsuke ANDO
DF 2 Kyohei NOBORIZATO
MF 22 Kento TACHIBANADA
MF 8 Yasuto WAKIZAKA
MF 16 Tatsuya HASEGAWA
FW 20 Kei CHINEN
FW 11 Yu KOBAYASHI

[Highlight Video]

【Player/Coach Comments】

"Takuya AOKI"
(Although it was a frustrating defeat, looking back on the game)
"I have never played a full game since transferring, so I wanted to win personally."
"It was disappointing to concede only due to our own mistakes."

(What are your thoughts on the first Tama River Clasico?)
"Battles between rival teams like this always bring out the fighting spirit."
"That's why I wanted to win."

(What was the role of player Ryo AOKI given by the coach?)
"The coach told me to connect from the back and build the game from the left side."

(Do you think that task went well?)
I think overall, except for the beginning of the game, it was relatively calm and well done.
There is a part that I regret that if we could have improved the way we started the game as a team

(Part of the game's start. What didn't go well?)
"Normally, we would attack by aiming for the opponent's back, but today that didn't work well and we ended up losing the ball by putting it at our feet."

"Adailton"
"It was a difficult game overall, but Tokyo was able to recover from being pushed in the first half and turn things around in the second half."
Just after conceding one goal, we allowed a third goal and found ourselves in a difficult situation, but I think there were also some positive takeaways."

(I think it was a goal with a lot of passion)
"I don't remember the goal scene clearly, but Nagai player crossed the ball from the right side, Diego OLIVEIRA player collapsed near the goal, and the ball flowed well to my position."
I was only conscious of calmly pouring it in.
I think it's positive as an individual to be able to score the first goal of the season in J1.

(Towards the next Fukuoka match)
"Every away game becomes difficult."
"Nevertheless, we want to make good preparations so that we can accumulate 3 points in the next Fukuoka match."

"Tokyo Hasegawa Kenta Coach Press Conference Summary"
"I wanted to deliver a victory while many supporters came. However, I think it is the growth of the players that we were able to recover two points firmly, rather than being unilaterally defeated after discussing the exchange."
Scoring a goal against Kawasaki in the midst of a solid breakdown is a significant achievement.
However, the goal was conceded due to a mistake, and it was a shame to concede a goal there, as we knew the opponent would come forward from the beginning and made a mistake in that situation.
If we could have avoided that time zone, we might have been able to take a different turn. However, I think that's the difference between us and Kawasaki, so I want to sincerely accept this loss and firmly connect what we could do and what we couldn't do to the next.

(The intention of starting with a 4-4-2 formation)
"There was a defensive aim, but there was also an intention to take the initiative in the attack. I didn't think we had enough strength to fight head-on, so we started with a 4-4-2 formation."

(There are parts that missed the target)
"I thought that if we don't move the ball well against Kawasaki, we won't be able to create our own time. Rather, I approached the players about whether they could move the ball after stealing it."
The difference from the aim was that I went too far to be careful from the beginning. I think it would have been better to use a ball that turns the opponent inside out more simply at the start, but that is the judgment of the players who are actually feeling it. I think there were many times when we connected by moving the ball. I feel that we were cleverly attacked there."

(The halftime instructions were)
"I talked about how if we could score one goal, the momentum would change because the overall performance wasn't bad."
We discussed the idea of continuing like this and increasing the pressure from Adailton to Prifoods.S while aiming to score the first goal.

"Kawasaki - Coach Toru ONIKI Press Conference Summary"
"They played a game with a strong spirit from the beginning."
"The impression is that they fought well until the end, squeezing their strength in a tough game, aiming to always score three or more goals."

(Regarding winning the Tama River Clasico)
"I am simply happy that we were able to win in a place where both myself and the players are committed."

(The front three scored goals)
"We always aim for goals. It's not easy to score, but I felt their attitude of not missing opportunities and always going towards the goal. All three goals were fantastic. I'm happy."