On the 21st, after the Meiji Yasuda J1 League Round 13 match against Kawasaki Frontale, Tomoaki Okubo, who scored the equalizer in what was his Trial J1 Trial, reflected on his goal and spoke about his enthusiasm for the match against Nagoya Grampus.

(Looking back on the equalizing goal)
"Just before the end of the game, I wanted to score, and the team also wanted to catch up. I waited inside and a good ball came, so I pushed forward with all my heart."

(How did you analyze Trial from the bench and how did you get into Trial?)
"I thought our sense of distance was a little off, but even after I came on we weren't able to improve that, so that's something we need to work on. I think we were able to show good things at key moments, but we needed to put more depth into our attacks."

(How do you feel about it?)
"I feel like my condition is improving, and I think it's going to get even better."

How did the team as a whole Trial today?
"We thought it might be difficult because we had made a lot of changes to the starting lineup, and some of our previous starters were coming on as substitutes, so we faced a lot of difficulties, but I think it's great that we were able to get one point."

(Today's appearance marked Okubo's Trial appearance in the J1 League. How do you feel looking back on your time so far?)
"I'm very happy to have played 100 Trial for Urawa Reds, but I think that I was only able to contribute to a few victories during those 100 Trial, so I want to work hard to contribute more to the team."

(Ahead of the match against Nagoya Grampus)
"There are only two days between games, so it's important that we recover well and fight in a fresh state. We want to make sure we don't waste the one point we got today and bring home three points (from Nagoya)."

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