In the afternoon, after eating, we moved to the venue to play our first match.
Our first opponent is Valencia.
Kick-off is at 19:30 local time.
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Goal scorers: Kurimata, Nemoto
Starting Players:
Aoi Terakado, Koto Karasawa, Xinpeng Huang, Reon Tamaki, Kenta Nemoto, Eriki Fujii, Tatsuya Kiuchi, Kai Ishizu, Yuta Ishikawahara, Shoichi Kurimata, Aifeierding
Substitutes:
Hikaru Iizuka, Hiroki Sugihara
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As we gradually gained momentum, in the 18th minute of the first half, Karasawa's free kick was headed back from the far post by Tamaki, and Kurimata reacted to score the opening goal. After the goal, we continued our tenacious defense and the first half ended 1-0.
In the second half, we conceded a goal early on.
In the 5th minute, we failed to clear an opponent's corner kick, and the ball fell to an opponent who crossed it in for a header, resulting in a goal.
After that, the back-and-forth battle continued, and in the 18th minute of the second half, Ishizu and Kurimata played a one-two on the right side, leading to a cross. Ishikawahara headed it back from the far post, and Nemoto, who had made a run, blasted it into the right side of the goal, giving us the lead once again.
After taking the lead, we defended stoutly, with goalkeeper Terakado at the center, shutting down the opponent's attacks. There were 4 minutes of stoppage time, but we held on to secure all three points.
After the match, Nemoto, who scored the winning goal, was interviewed as the hero.
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Tomorrow, we will have training, and the day after tomorrow will be our second match against Boca Juniors from Argentina.