On the second day, we had a training match between Feyenoord and AZ Alkmaar.

Morning assembly starts with a walk and exercise in the dark before the sun rises at 6 am, to prepare the body for the game.

After breakfast, we took a bus and arrived at Feyenoord's training ground after about an hour and a half of travel.
I approached the match against Feyenoord with astonishment at the greatness of the environment.

They aggressively press from the start to steal the ball and create numerous shooting opportunities, but they cannot finish.
Still attacking, Musashi scored in the 8th minute as Fujisaki seized the opponent's control mistake, dribbled into the goal and struck first.

From here, the opponent gradually starts to get their engine running, and scenes of attacking our own goal continue, but our defense remains focused and responds without losing concentration.
Additional point at 32 minutes, Maeno passes the ball behind the opponent's DF and Hashimoto reacts. He calmly slots it past the opponent's GK for the second goal.
Despite conceding a goal early in the second half, Tawaratsumida intercepted the opponent goalkeeper's pass and scored in the 71st minute, making it 3-1 without giving the opponent any momentum.
In addition, in the 75th minute, Taguchi scored the fourth goal, decorating the first match of the Netherlands expedition with a 4-1 victory.

After the match, the Feyenoord first team was training on the adjacent field, so we all went to watch before returning to the accommodation.

In the afternoon, we will face AZ Alkmaar in a training match. A bus that is actually used by the top players of AZ Alkmaar came to pick us up at the accommodation.

After about 1 hour of travel, we arrived at the venue.
Started warming up here, amazed by the greatness of the environment and facilities.

4 minutes into the game, we were quickly overwhelmed by the opponent's momentum and speed, conceding the opening goal. After that, we were constantly threatened with more goal opportunities, but Doi and Kamiyama showed strong defensive efforts to hold off the attacks and reach halftime.

In the second half, we struggled desperately to play against opponents who were bigger and stronger than us, and we were continuously scored on, resulting in a 0-3 loss at the end of the match.

Parts where our soccer worked and parts where it didn't work.
It was a meaningful day where I could experience both the differences with the world.