Kaito Yasui, Tetsuya Chinen, and Yusuke Matsuo scored three goals in the first half of the Reds, and Matsuo and Tetsuya Chinen each scored their second goal in the second half, winning 5-0.
Reds, who had decided to advance to the knockout stage due to the result of group stage MD5, changed nine starting members from the match once morest Lion City Sailors on the 27th. Since the match once morest Yokohama FC on April 21, last year when Kota Kudo was registered as two types, he is the first professional contract player to participate in the official match. In addition, Ayumi Niekawa and Satoshi Kihara became members for the first time following joining the Reds.
Reds players who proceed with the game by pushing the opponent into the enemy team from the start. While there were many scenes in which all field players entered the enemy camp and developed an attack, they scored the first goal in the 13th minute.
The ball was stolen from the pass turning at a high position, but at the moment when the opponent turned to the front, Yasui put a fierce pressure on the ball and took the ball, and shot with his left foot as it was. Volunteer, who had scored his first professional goal with a middle shot with his right foot in the previous match once morest Shandong Taishan, scored in the left corner of the goal with a splendid defense and shot.
After that, when he continued to dominate the ball, in the 34th minute, he collected the second ball of CK and connected the pass, and Ataru Esaka crossed from the right side. The wisdom that became free in front of the goal by taking the back of the opponent accurately matches this with the left foot. The first goal was scored following joining the wisdom, and the lead was widened.
Furthermore, in the additional time of the first half, Esaka who received the ball on the right side left it to Ken Iwao and ran to the back, and Iwao kept and then passed in the direction of Esaka’s progress. Esaka trapped in the chest and escaped, sending a pass in front of the goal, and Matsuo who ran to the near side shot with the heel of his right foot in the opposite direction to the direction of travel. The third point was decided by the attack that broke the opponent’s defense and the skillful shot.
In the second half, while taking the initiative and advancing the game, there was a scene where the ball might be put in front of the goal in the set piece, but the Reds players did not lose focus and responded without danger.
In the 62nd minute, Shusaku Nishikawa and Tomoaki Okubo were replaced by Ayumi Niekawa and Tsutomu Kihara. Both were the first Reds players and Kihara was the first professional to stand on the official pitch.
Immediately following that, he was hit by a squall that seems to be Southeast Asia, but in the 68th minute Esaka sent a pass from Iwao in front of the goal with one touch, and Kihara jumped out in front of the goal and trapped. Kihara showed his strength in his first appearance, although he mightn’t score a goal because he was packed in the goalkeeper.
Kai Matsuzaki, who jumped out in front of the goal in the 69th minute, did not hit a shot, but when the opponent’s goalkeeper’s clear became smaller, Matsuo, who responded to the spilled ball, shot with one touch from outside the penalty area. No opponent can react to this, and the ball goes to the right of the goal. Immediately following this, Matsuo was replaced by Kazuaki Mawatari and Takahiro Sekine with Takahiro Akimoto, but finished this group stage with two goals in two consecutive games and five goals in total.
It was a difficult situation with heavy rains continuing following that, but the Reds players did not lose their stance to attack even with a large number of leads. In the 85th minute, Iwao picked up a spilled ball from the CK of Kazuaki Mawatari, who participated in the middle of the game, and shot with his right foot while continuing to play on the enemy side. This hit the left post and bounced off, but with all his wisdom, he scored his second goal in the match.
The Reds won 5-0 as it was. He closed the ACL group stage for the first time in three years with a large number of goals following the 6-0 victory once morest Lion City Sailors.
The next round will be the Meiji Yasuda Life J1 League Section 12 Kashiwa Reysol match, which will be held at Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium from 16:00 on May 8 (Sun).
* Lion City Sailors vs Daegu FC of the same group was interrupted due to stormy weather, but Daegu FC won 2-1. The Reds came in second in Group F and decided to advance to the knockout stage by joining the top three teams in second place in five groups in the eastern district.
[Kota Kudo]
(It was your first time to participate in the AFC Champions League, but did you have enough power?)
“I played at the (YBC) Levin Cup last season, and I think I was able to show that I was growing more steadily than at that time. I was a little nervous and made some mistakes, but as I played, I’m getting used to it, and I think I was able to play my own. In the second half, I think I was able to show what I especially wanted to play. I will continue to do my best so that I can play in the match. “
(What was your impression of playing with the support of Reds fan supporters for the first time as a professional?)
“I’ve been listening to the support of fans and supporters from the stands since I was a junior youth, but I was deeply moved to hear myself as a player on the pitch. The moment I entered the pitch, I got goosebumps. It helped me a lot. “
[Urawa Reds Official Media (URD: OM)]
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