First home game for the 2013 ACL against Thai Premier League Champion Muangthong United. Again I couldn't go the the stadium so watched it over TV at G+. The stadium was filled with 20K+ fans hoping for Reds to win.
The starters has changed as promised by manager Petrovic that we will make turn over with the extremely tight schedule this season. Sekiguchi, Hirakawa, Marcio, and Nasu started for the first time this season. The game was completely one side, with Reds holding ball possession through out the game. Muangthong lost 1 player with 2 yellow cards in 1st half which made the game even more favorable for the home team. 4 Goals were from Kashiwagi, Sekiguchi, Haraguchi, and own goal. The only problem was that we lost 1 goal to Muangthong which was absolutely unnecessary, although it might have been a good thing to have some issues to mend. We could have also scored more especially from Koriki as he is the only FW in the game and playing for 3 matches already. He is playing great assisting others score goal but as a FW he needs to score, hopefully it will come soon.
All in all, great game, looking forward to the next match against Oita in Kyushu this weekend. I will watch it over TV.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Saturday, March 9, 2013
J-League 2013 Game 2 vs Nagoya Gampus
First game at our home stadium Saitama Stadium for the 2013 season. I couldn't go to the stadium, unfortunately but was able to watch it live on Skapa online streaming service. I would want to review about the service some other time.
The match itself was 1-0 win against Nagoya. The starters were exactly the same as the previous match against Hiroshima. Sadly Tulio was injured and was not on the field today. The result was minimum score for a win but the match itself was completely dominated by the Reds. There was maybe one big chance for Nagoya but other than that defense was almost perfect and Reds held the ball for majority of the game. The goal was by Ugajin left outfielder who has been maintaining good condition from preseason matches, assisted by Koroki. It was a perfect goal started from a pass from Suzuki to Koriki. Koroki trapping the ball free with his back towards the Nagoya goal, quickly turned around and a great pass behind the Nagoya defense line to Ugajin. Ugajin with his right leg kicked the ball to the opposite side net, Nagoya GK Narasaki jumped for the ball but unable to touch it. Towards the end Marcio replaced Genki and Nasu replaced Kashiwagi closing the game perfectly. One thing that needs improvement is free kick there was maybe 3 or 4 kicks right outside the penalty area. but none of the kicks was even close to scoring. 1-0 score is pretty dangerous it could have been a draw with the simplest mitakes and Reds play-style of building up from the GK is a risky strategy. I do think we need more goals to win the league.
Great match, hopefully Koroki will score soon and we will have more goals from free kicks. For tonight let's celebrate the great win against Nogoya. Next match is ACL against Muangthong United at hour home stadium on Tuesday!
The match itself was 1-0 win against Nagoya. The starters were exactly the same as the previous match against Hiroshima. Sadly Tulio was injured and was not on the field today. The result was minimum score for a win but the match itself was completely dominated by the Reds. There was maybe one big chance for Nagoya but other than that defense was almost perfect and Reds held the ball for majority of the game. The goal was by Ugajin left outfielder who has been maintaining good condition from preseason matches, assisted by Koroki. It was a perfect goal started from a pass from Suzuki to Koriki. Koroki trapping the ball free with his back towards the Nagoya goal, quickly turned around and a great pass behind the Nagoya defense line to Ugajin. Ugajin with his right leg kicked the ball to the opposite side net, Nagoya GK Narasaki jumped for the ball but unable to touch it. Towards the end Marcio replaced Genki and Nasu replaced Kashiwagi closing the game perfectly. One thing that needs improvement is free kick there was maybe 3 or 4 kicks right outside the penalty area. but none of the kicks was even close to scoring. 1-0 score is pretty dangerous it could have been a draw with the simplest mitakes and Reds play-style of building up from the GK is a risky strategy. I do think we need more goals to win the league.
Great match, hopefully Koroki will score soon and we will have more goals from free kicks. For tonight let's celebrate the great win against Nogoya. Next match is ACL against Muangthong United at hour home stadium on Tuesday!
Saturday, March 2, 2013
J-League 2013 Game 1 vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima
First J-League match of the season. Watched it on TV (NHK) at home with couple of my Reds friends. Great start for the season for the Reds 1-2 winner at Hiroshima! Overall ball possession was good, the 2 goals were both by Kashiwagi and Haraguchi. The first goal was assisted by Haraguchi and scored by Kashiwagi, the second goal was other way around. The only lost goal was direct free kick by Koji Moriwaki, hit the bar and went in, was nothing the GK Kato could have done about it.
Koroki was the starting center FW, quite a surprise as we were told that he was injured and hadn't played against Guangzou on Tuesday. The other members were as expected. I would have expected a goal from Koroki but, not this time. The Reds player were very focused and the winning factor was didn't let Hiroshima's ace striker Hisato Sato score or play well in the game. What's most important is 3points earned from Hiroshima in a away game, and believe it or not it's actually the first time that Reds (in it's 20 years history in the J-League) won the opening away match. What a start!
Next match is against Nagoya Grampus at our home, Saitama Stadium. Tulio is injured in the match against Jubilo Iwata which is a good sign, although I wished to see him play at Saitama.
Koroki was the starting center FW, quite a surprise as we were told that he was injured and hadn't played against Guangzou on Tuesday. The other members were as expected. I would have expected a goal from Koroki but, not this time. The Reds player were very focused and the winning factor was didn't let Hiroshima's ace striker Hisato Sato score or play well in the game. What's most important is 3points earned from Hiroshima in a away game, and believe it or not it's actually the first time that Reds (in it's 20 years history in the J-League) won the opening away match. What a start!
Next match is against Nagoya Grampus at our home, Saitama Stadium. Tulio is injured in the match against Jubilo Iwata which is a good sign, although I wished to see him play at Saitama.
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