16 schools compete for the main role in an eventful tournament, 3rd round of today’s championship[102nd National High School Soccer Championship]
2024.01.02
On January 2nd, eight games in the third round of the 102nd National High School Soccer Championship will be played at four venues in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Here, I would like to introduce the highlights of each venue.
First of all, the Chiba Kashiwanoha venue has two cards: Municipal Funabashi (Chiba) vs. Seiryo (Ishikawa), and Okayama Gakugeikan (Okayama) vs. Nagoya (Aichi). In the first game, in the second round, Ichiritsu Funabashi, who clearly showed their traditional competitive strength, won a penalty shootout against Teikyo Nagaoka (Niigata) from a 2-3 score at the end of three players, also at 1-1. It will be interesting to see if they can overcome the competition with Seiryo, who defeated Yokkaichi Chuo Tech (Mie) in the penalty shootout and made it past the first match. In the second game, Okayama Gakugeikan won a come-from-behind victory over Hisashi (Fukushima) with their characteristic teamwork, and in the second round they defeated Hokkai (Hokkaido) 3-0, showing off the smart play of Nagoya, who became the eye of the tournament’s typhoon. How do I seal it? It will be a match that is even more exciting than the impact of “last year’s champions vs. first-time participating school.”
The two cards at the Saitama/Komaba venue are Shohei (Saitama) vs Otsu (Kumamoto) and Aomori Yamada (Aomori) vs Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin (Hiroshima). In the first game, in the second round, the local team, Shohei, caught up with Yonago Kita (Tottori) on the last play and won the penalty shootout, while Otsu, whose concept of respecting the individual and improving the team’s strength is similar to Shohei’s, is a member of the Premier League. In the second match, Aomori Yamada had trouble with Iizuka (Fukuoka)’s solid defense and fast attack, but in the second round against Shizuoka Gakuen (Shizuoka), Hiroshima International Academy took the lead with a sharp counterattack. The flow of the game will be determined by how well the defense can be organized.
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