| J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup Group Stage Round 1 | ||
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First Half 2 – 1 Second Half Final |
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| March 25th 2009, 7PM Kickoff at Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium (Kashiwa, Chiba) Attendance 5,835 | ||
| GK 21 Yuta Minami DF 23 Yohei Kurakawa DF 3 Naoya Kondo DF 13 Yuzo Kobayashi DF 4 Naoki Ishikawa MF 2 Jiro Kamata MF 18 Iwao Yamane FW 14 Keisuke Ota FW 11 Popo FW 9 Hideaki Kajima FW 27 Yuki Otsu |
Starting Members |
GK 21 Shuichi Gonda DF 25 Yuhei Tokunaga DF 3 Hideki Sahara DF 2 Teriyuki Moniwa DF 8 Ryuji Fujiyama MF 10 Yohei Kajiyama MF 17 Jo Kanazawa MF 18 Naohiro Ishikawa MF 22 Naotake Hanyu FW 9 Cabore FW 13 Sota Hirayama |
| 87′ 15 Minoru Suganuma (for Yuki Otsu)
89′ 37 Masato Yamazaki (for Hideaki Kajima) |
Substitutes | 52′ 40 Tatuya Suzuki (for Naotake Hanyu)
59′ 24 Shingo Akamine (for Sota Hirayama) 63′ 19 Yohei Otake (for Naohiro Ishikawa) |
| 22′ Iwao Yamane
32′ Popo 47′ Yuki Otsu (PK) |
Goals | 33′ Cabore |
| 73′ Yuta Minami | Cautions | 31′ Yuhei Tokunaga
46′ Ryuji Fujiyama 71′ Hideki Sahara |
| Ejections | ||
Report
Filling in the report template is already more effort than I wanted to put into the horrendous display put on by FC Tokyo last night in Kashiwa. Sloppy play, poor passing, reckless fouls, an inability to get the ball into the net despite outshooting the opposition (in this case 21 to 9), you name it. Even Cabore’s goal, with an empty net begging for the ball, was far from guaranteed until the ball finally went in. The players were outrun and outgunned and showed their frustration; particularly in the case of Hideki Sahara’s yellow card after getting tangled up with a Kashiwa player.
It’s good to know that the players are frustrated, the supporters are as well. The fact that Tokyo fans haven’t started booing yet is a miracle in my opinion; the catcalls following the postgame bow to the fans were teetering on that edge. One wonders what it’s going to take for the team to play up to its potential. Should Jofuku start benching his experienced players and call up some of his younger recruits? Will there be a Mike Singletary-esque moment where Jofuku goes off on his team and the assembled press? Is the answer as simple as Shiota’s return to the posts or as complicated as the entire offensive squad going on a peyote-fueled retreat and finding their power animal?
I don’t have the answer to that, but for the sake of the team and its supporters I hope an answer comes sooner rather than later.
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