Kensuke NAGAI
(How do you honestly feel about the defeat with 3 goals conceded?)
"We have no choice but to score and win. Since we have a clear goal, I will take it positively and continue to do my best."

(The game was approached with a changed system, but the feeling during the game)
"There was a lack of communication in the part of conceding goals, but there was some sense of achievement in the attack, and we also have three days to prepare, so we want to adjust properly."

(It is important to create many opportunities)
"The opponent's GK is a good player, but as an attacking unit and as a team, we have to overcome that. I want to fight with confidence."

"Adailton"
"It was a very tough game."
Although we were deprived of the first and additional points, we managed to score one point in the end.
"We want to fight with all our strength in the second home game so that this one point will lead to the next one."

(Looking back at the scene of the goal)
"A good pass came from player Tokyo to the space between the center back and the full back, and I was able to break through there by myself. In the end, I think I was able to calmly score the goal while looking at the opponent's goalkeeper."

(Towards the 2nd match)
"We must win the next game by a margin of 2 points or more."
We need to score points and we want to prepare well again in three days and turn the game around at home.

《Keigo HIGASHI Player》
(Although he came on as a substitute)
"After the Urawa game, I had a slight physical condition problem, so I skipped the previous Kawasaki game and prepared for today."

(It was a match in a 3-back system, but were you prepared?)
"We didn't have much time since the Kawasaki match and we had many injured players, so today's game was played in this formation."

(The match itself was closely contested, but the difference between us and the opponent was evident in terms of goal difference).
"We conceded goals due to mistakes, and Nagoya took advantage of those opportunities. Coach Massimo and I played together during our time in Tokyo, and we fought by capitalizing on such mistakes."
A 2-point difference is significant, but we will continue without giving up.

(The team needs a victory with a score of 2-0, but the determination for the second match)
"I don't think it's that easy, and it's really difficult to score two goals and win. However, the second match is at home, and we have a good image because we have turned things around and advanced together without giving up. It's only three days of rest, but I want the team to come together and prepare well to face it."

"Tokyo - Kenta HASEGAWA Coach Press Conference Summary"
"There were many wasted goals."
However, we were able to score one away goal, so we can somehow return home with our skin intact.
"We want to prepare well so that we can go to the final by turning the game around at home."

(The first goal against was a situation involving player Hasagawa, who made his first start in a long time. How did you see it?)
"I think it was a wasted goal."
I think there was tension, but I think Soudai did a great job.

(How will we play the second match?)
"First, we were able to score an away goal."
However, the situation remains challenging as we need to win by 2-0 or more. But I still think it's a score with potential. We will prepare to come back at home and advance to the final round.

(The aim was to change the DF line a little)
"The situation where there are no pure SBs. Among the players who can currently fight, this was chosen after considering how to maximize the output."

(What was the intention of having Adailton, who came on as a substitute, play in the front line instead of on the side?)
"I told him to go and score a goal."

"Nagoya - Massimo FICCADENTI Press Conference Summary"
"I think we were able to play exactly as we imagined."
I was able to play the game as I had imagined, and I thought I had to bring it to this kind of development. It was a battle between teams with well-established tactics, and in the first half, there were times when we canceled each other's spaces, but we responded appropriately to our attacks based on the number of the opponent's defenders.
Among them, the score moved, but I think it was more of a result of colliding with what each other prepared rather than a big change in the flow of the game. In the second half, we struggled because we couldn't keep up with the opponent's response on the left side, but we managed to overcome it and score an additional point. There was an unexpected goal against us, and it was almost all ruined, but we were able to regain it in the end and somehow pull through, that's the impression."

(How I instructed them despite continuing to attack until the end)
"Changing the defense to three at the middle of the game was not so much about the defensive awareness or being able to withstand at the back, but rather a decision made based on how we can break through when we are attacking."
I decided to use three CBs because it was difficult to break through Tokyo's top two with two CBs. I think the players understood and played while thinking about it.

(Winning by taking advantage of few opportunities. Regarding finishing ability)
"In the few chances, Kakitani created a close scene in the second half. Tokyo also had chances with Adailton's goal and Langerak's big save."
The opponent decided half of the chances, and we decided three-quarters of them. I think that's the result. It's really important that we were able to concentrate well on the chances."

(How to fight in the second match based on today's result)
"In the home and away regulations, it is not strange to have any result in the second match."
The second match, which we will approach after winning the first match like we did in the quarterfinals against Kashima, is the condition to advance to the next round if we win.
I want to focus on winning in 90 minutes and ending the game. I want to aim for the same flow as the previous Kashima game.