Kawasaki Frontale 3 - 1 Kashiwa Reysol
I really need to have a think about this blog. I’ve been putting off writing this post all day and this was actually a fun game and a good result. If I can’t even be bothered after a 3-1 win, what hope is there for the next absolutely dull 1-0 defeat we suffer? Although I suppose I might have been putting it off because we basically play Kashiwa every few days at the moment so maybe that’s why I’m not overly enthused about writing about them again. The return leg of the tie is coming up soon, I’ve totally wasted today and then tomorrow and Saturday I’ll be working and busy. So this really is going to be thrown together with the absolute minimum of effort.
Us -
I thought we were pretty good. Well, in the first half anyway. Two nice goals, one penalty turned down by VAR for… well actually I have no idea and heard that I would be a bit pissed off when I saw it. I can’t find it, so perhaps the highlights packages are sparing the blushes of the officials. Again. Sung-Ryong continued in goal and did fine again. Definitely can’t be blamed for the goal. It’s a shame we once again failed to get a clean sheet but we were up against it for quite a lot of the second half so conceding just once and scoring three in total is fine by me. I guess the big talking points of the game will be the injuries. Miura off after only a few minutes and Oshima returning from injury and not long afterwards returning back to injury. Apparently both of the injuries are quite serious. Although it didn’t seem like it at the time as Oshima was initially moved up front, maybe to see if he could run it off. We’d used all our subs, but I would have thought that if it was bad we would have just taken him off straightaway. We’ll see, I guess. Well done to Tanabe for coming in and covering for Miura. He did well I thought. That’ll do for the us section.
Them -
Nothing original to say here. Not even going to mention the ‘Kashiwa Stupid’ flag. Guess I should mention one of their other flags though but this joke only works if you have Bob Marley’s ‘Buffalo Soldier’ in mind when you read the flag, which said ‘FOOTBALL SOLDIER’ (from the edge of Chiba). Couldn’t see the part in brackets but I suppose it was covered up by another flag, right? I’d say we were quite fortunate that Kashiwa didn’t have their shooting boots on. But maybe if they had done we would just have saved all of their shots anyway 😸. The stats at the end of the game looked like we’d really done a smash and grab on them, but on I don’t think Kashiwa’s many more shots told the story of the game. At the same time, not sure we deserved to win by two clear goals but I’ll definitely take it. As I said before, I’d be happy for us to win the Levain and they can have the league. Seems reasonable, right?
Ref -
Yamamoto Yudai. Was very irritated by him during the game. Will never know about that VAR for the penalty I guess. But did make a note about a terrible tackle on Tanabe in the second half which we didn’t even get a free kick from, let alone one of their players get a card. Will never know about this either. But as it was new era golden boy Yamamoto in charge we can probably presume he got it wrong.
Next up, Kashiwa again. Hasebe will probably have to do some shuffling around at the back. I imagine it will be the same defence we finished the game with. He has said that we aren’t prioritising this tournament as we still mathematically have a chance in the league, but presumably this is what we are supposed to say and the truth might be different. So I’d expect pretty much the same players again aside from the injuries. The same result would be nice too!
Us -
I thought we were pretty good. Well, in the first half anyway. Two nice goals, one penalty turned down by VAR for… well actually I have no idea and heard that I would be a bit pissed off when I saw it. I can’t find it, so perhaps the highlights packages are sparing the blushes of the officials. Again. Sung-Ryong continued in goal and did fine again. Definitely can’t be blamed for the goal. It’s a shame we once again failed to get a clean sheet but we were up against it for quite a lot of the second half so conceding just once and scoring three in total is fine by me. I guess the big talking points of the game will be the injuries. Miura off after only a few minutes and Oshima returning from injury and not long afterwards returning back to injury. Apparently both of the injuries are quite serious. Although it didn’t seem like it at the time as Oshima was initially moved up front, maybe to see if he could run it off. We’d used all our subs, but I would have thought that if it was bad we would have just taken him off straightaway. We’ll see, I guess. Well done to Tanabe for coming in and covering for Miura. He did well I thought. That’ll do for the us section.
Them -
Nothing original to say here. Not even going to mention the ‘Kashiwa Stupid’ flag. Guess I should mention one of their other flags though but this joke only works if you have Bob Marley’s ‘Buffalo Soldier’ in mind when you read the flag, which said ‘FOOTBALL SOLDIER’ (from the edge of Chiba). Couldn’t see the part in brackets but I suppose it was covered up by another flag, right? I’d say we were quite fortunate that Kashiwa didn’t have their shooting boots on. But maybe if they had done we would just have saved all of their shots anyway 😸. The stats at the end of the game looked like we’d really done a smash and grab on them, but on I don’t think Kashiwa’s many more shots told the story of the game. At the same time, not sure we deserved to win by two clear goals but I’ll definitely take it. As I said before, I’d be happy for us to win the Levain and they can have the league. Seems reasonable, right?
Ref -
Yamamoto Yudai. Was very irritated by him during the game. Will never know about that VAR for the penalty I guess. But did make a note about a terrible tackle on Tanabe in the second half which we didn’t even get a free kick from, let alone one of their players get a card. Will never know about this either. But as it was new era golden boy Yamamoto in charge we can probably presume he got it wrong.
Next up, Kashiwa again. Hasebe will probably have to do some shuffling around at the back. I imagine it will be the same defence we finished the game with. He has said that we aren’t prioritising this tournament as we still mathematically have a chance in the league, but presumably this is what we are supposed to say and the truth might be different. So I’d expect pretty much the same players again aside from the injuries. The same result would be nice too!
Team
GK 1. JUNG Sung-Ryong
DF 31. VAN VERMESKERKEN Sai
DF 22. Filip UREMOVIC (Yellow card 32')
DF 5. SASAKI Asahi
DF 13. MIURA Sota
MF 19. KAWAHARA So
MF 6. YAMAMOTO Yuki
MF 14. WAKIZAKA Yasuto
FW 17. ITO Tatsuya
FW 9. ERISON
DF 13. MIURA Sota
MF 19. KAWAHARA So
MF 6. YAMAMOTO Yuki
MF 14. WAKIZAKA Yasuto
FW 17. ITO Tatsuya
FW 9. ERISON
FW 23. MARCINHO
Subs
Subs
GK 21. ANDO Shunsuke
MF 8. TACHIBANADA Kento (on for KAWAHARA 75')
MF 8. TACHIBANADA Kento (on for KAWAHARA 75')
MF 10. OSHIMA Ryota (on for YAMAMOTO 75')
FW 11. KOBAYASHI Yu
FW 11. KOBAYASHI Yu
DF 15. TANABE Shuto (on for MIURA 6')
FW 24. MIYAGI Ten (on for MARCINHO 75')
DF 27. KAMIHASHI Ryota
FW 41. IENAGA Akihiro
FW 91. Lazar ROMANIC (on for ERISON 61')
FW 24. MIYAGI Ten (on for MARCINHO 75')
DF 27. KAMIHASHI Ryota
FW 41. IENAGA Akihiro
FW 91. Lazar ROMANIC (on for ERISON 61')
Goals
YAMAMOTO (Frontale) 10' 1-0
VAN WERMERSKERKEN (Frontale) 23' 2-0
KOIZUMI (Kashiwa) 62' 1-1
ITO (Frontale) 85' 3-1
Highlights
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