Match Report
2015 J League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup
Quarterfinal Round 2
2015年9月6日
(Sun)
19:05 KICK OFF
- Venue
- Saitama Stadium
- Attendance
- 16,781
- Weather
- Rain
- Referee
- Hajime Matsuo
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Urawa Reds
3 - 0
0
1st Half
0
3
2nd Half
0
Albirex Niigata
- 55'
- Yuki Abe
- 58'
- Tadanari Lee
- 70'
- Yuki Abe
GOAL
Substitution
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Yellow Card
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Red Card
Player
- 15
- Koki Otani
GK
- 21
- Tatsuya Morita
- 46
- Ryota Moriwaki
- 4
- Daisuke Nasu
- 3
- Tomoya UGAJIN
DF
- 24
- Naoki Kawaguchi
- 4
- Michael James
- 3
- Kentaro Oi
- 7
- cortez
- 24
- Takahiro Sekine
- 22
- Yuki Abe
- 16
- Takuya Aoki
- 7
- Tsukasa Umesaki
- 31
- Toshiyuki Takagi
- 8
- Yosuke Kashiwagi
MF
- 8
- Leo Silva
- 6
- Yuki Kobayashi
- 23
- Yasuhiro Yamamoto
- 13
- Dai Kato
- 19
- Yuki Muto
FW
- 11
- Hiroshi Ibusuki
- 9
- Ryohei Yamazaki
- 28
- Haruki Fukushima
- 17
- Mitsuru Nagata
- 36
- Takuya Okamoto
- 13
- Keita Suzuki
- 14
- Tadaaki Hirakawa
- 33
- Wataru Hashimoto
- 20
- Tadanari Lee
SUB
- 1
- Takaya Kurokawa
- 2
- Kazunari Ohno
- 26
- Takamasa Sakai
- 18
- Sho Narioka
- 37
- Go Hayama
- 10
- Rafael Silva
- 34
- Shu Hiramatsu
Stats
12
Attempts
11
8
GK
7
3
Corners
5
13
Direct FK
11
2
Indirect FK
2
2
Offsides
2
1
Penalties
0
Trial-match comments
Mihailo Petrovic
(Head Coach)
- "Going into this Trial, I think it was a difficult one because we played very poorly in the second half of the first leg away from home.
Although we were way behind in the first game, I, as well as the players, believed that we had the strength and courage to turn the gap around and we could do it.
In the league match against Niigata at Saitama Stadium, we won 5-2. Today, I think we had enough strength as a team to score five points.
In the first half, we started with players who were not tall but had speed and mobility, and tried to score by coordinating our movements. In the first half, we had a strong will and were able to achieve that to a certain extent, but we lacked the accuracy of our final passes and shots.
In the second half, we brought on Lee and took a more offensive line-up, aiming to put more pressure on the opponents. We were active in the first half and played fast-paced football, but in the second half we were able to accelerate even more, scoring three goals and continuing to put pressure on the opponents, which I think was great.
Even if we had conceded one goal, the game would have been decided, but the players did not give up until the end and fought with all their might to score. Unfortunately, we were eliminated from the Yamazaki Nabisco Cup, but I think the performance the players showed today is commendable.
If Muto's missed shot had gone in in the second half and we had scored a fourth goal, I think we would have been able to put more pressure on the opponent and turn Trial around. I don't want to say too much about the referee because it sounds like I'm making excuses, but in my 41 years working in professional soccer, I have never seen a situation where a referee has awarded a penalty for a clear foul on a player who was brought down from behind, and the player who committed the foul didn't even get a yellow card.
Today, Abe had a scoring opportunity thwarted from behind in the penalty area, and no yellow card was given, so I don't want to say it, but I feel I have no choice but to say it.
However, I know very well that the referee's decision is in no way an excuse for our defeat in the Yamazaki Nabisco Cup. We were playing away from home, and we conceded goals in the second half and lost the game. I feel bad for our supporters.
It's a matter of "what if," but if the other team had been sent off at the time of the penalty kick, we would have been able to play the remaining time with one more player. It's true that we can't make excuses, but the players fought with all their might until the end. I think we should praise their attitude."
Opponent team comment
Masaaki Yanagishita
(Head Coach)
- "It was the same game as before. If you miss a big chance, this is the result you get. If we had scored in the first half, it would have been over, and we had chances in the second half, but if we don't score in those situations, we will struggle again in the league. We need to fix that. The first game ended with a 5-0 result, and I think the players were able to play calmly. That calmness allowed us to play without panicking even when we were 0-1 or 0-2 down. Our goal was to advance to the next round, so I think that was good. We have another Trial coming up soon, the Emperor's Cup and the league, so we want to prepare well."
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