“We will beat final season’s champion.”
They’ve at the moment misplaced two matches in a row in official matches. This motion have to be stopped right here. The rivalry towards the highest groups within the league continues, with Machida within the earlier spherical and Kobe on this spherical, however this time they wish to sustain.
4 days earlier than this match, Verdy confronted Hiroshima within the third spherical of the Levain J League YBC Cup. Verdy rapidly discovered themselves in a tough scenario. Masato Furukawa confirmed an aggressive look with a mid-range shot within the fifth minute, but it surely was solely the sixth minute. Naoto Arai on the opposite facet of Toshiki Higashi’s cross was turned again by Yuki Ohashi, permitting him to take the lead. Moreover, within the 14th minute, a cross was intercepted by Ohashi in their very own half, and ultimately they have been in a position to play one-on-one with the goalkeeper, extending their lead. Though issues have been robust within the first half with only one shot, the tide turned once they made three substitutions at half-time and used all 5 substitutes by the 67th minute. It was 74 minutes. Kosuke Saito used Daiki Fukasawa who got here up the left facet, and Yuya Miki pushed the return from there, making it a one-point distinction. I hoped for the conventional improvement of Verdy, however … Within the 78th minute, they misplaced the ball in their very own half, leaving a painful aim. Nonetheless, within the 83rd minute, Miki confirmed his resilience by pushing in from Daito Yamami’s free kick, however he couldn’t attain it. Verdy’s Levain Cup ended within the third spherical.
“Now we have been conceding quite a lot of objectives within the first half, and we’re all on the identical web page as to how we will maintain the primary half clear.
As coach Hiroshi Shirofuku mentioned, though they confirmed their normal consistency, they should stabilize their protection first. As well as, this match will probably be towards Kobe, who’ve received the eight video games during which they took the lead, so if they provide them the lead, the match will probably be much more tough. First, I want to deal with conserving the primary half to zero.
Their opponent, Kobe, additionally struggled within the Levain Cup. The opponent is Toyama from J3. Toyama defeated J2’s Shimizu within the second spherical and superior to the third spherical. The sport began within the nineteenth minute when Yosuke Ideguchi despatched a pointy ball into house on the fitting, which Nanasei Iino rapidly jumped to intercept, and Haruya Ide linked on the conversion to take the lead. Nonetheless, this will likely have pressured them to go on the defensive, as they solely had one shot within the first half, and from there, Toyama continued to assault. Within the second half, Kobe was unable to attain extra factors, and within the seventieth minute, they have been tied with an personal aim. The sport went into further time, however a call was nonetheless not made and it went to penalties. Kobe’s first shot, Daisei Miyashiro’s shot, bounced off the crossbar and failed. Alternatively, Toyama’s Kouhei Matsumoto calmly put down the match, and everybody scored from there, giving Toyama a win. Kobe ended up permitting Toyama a second huge kill.
90 minutes + further time, then penalty shootout. As well as, contemplating the spherical journey to Toyama, the fatigue of competing in these steady races is unimaginable. There will even be some shock from the loss. Nonetheless, Kobe additionally entered this sport with a turnover, so the affect will most likely be saved to a minimal. Above all, they’re a proficient staff who’re nonetheless second within the league, though they misplaced their earlier sport towards Kashima.
To date this season, Kobe has scored 24 factors, fifth within the league, however 13 of these factors, greater than half of his whole, have come from set performs. The staff will probably be with out key defender Naoki Hayashi because of his suspension because of his sending off within the current match towards Hiroshima within the Levain Cup, however the staff should be very cautious towards set performs .
The groups which can be decrease than Verdy within the standings in the meanwhile are the three winners they’ve had up to now. By beating larger degree groups, we’ll achieve confidence and turn into a staff that won’t lose once more, or will proceed to win.
(Photograph: Atsushi Kondo)
2024-05-25 10:32:09
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