Academy Report

On the 8th day of our Korea tour, we played a practice match in Andong City.

We had a meeting in the morning and departed the hotel at 11:30 AM. It took about 2 hours by bus on the expressway to reach Andong City, where the practice match was held.
Andong is a large city nestled in the mountains, with the large Nakdong River flowing nearby. The riverbed featured a facility with two artificial turf soccer fields and one natural grass field.The players who seemed to be from the A team might have relaxed a bit too much against an inferior opponent, as there was little overall movement, and with their style of short passing, the match ended in a scoreless draw.
In the second and third halves, fresh players came on one after another, and simple breakthroughs behind the defense led to goals against us. The second half was 0-2, and the third half was 1-2. The total score for three 30-minute halves was a 1-4 loss.Here are the players who participated in the match:
<1st Half> 0-0
GK Matsuzaki DF Kanazawa, Yamamoto, Sato, Shirai MF Kawashima, Takizawa, Kumada, Watanabe FW Ishizu, Akatsuka
Substitution Matsuzaki→Tsukushida

<2nd Half> 0-2
GK Tsukushida DF Kanazawa, Yamamoto, Sato, Shirai MF Asuma, Takizawa, Kumada, Kawashima FW Ishizu, Akatsuka
Substitutions Kanazawa→Fujieda, Ishizu→Yakiki, Sato→Shinozuka, Shirai→Ujihara

<3rd Half> 1-2 Scorer: Yakiki
GK Matsuzaki DF Kanazawa, Yamamoto, Shinozuka, Ujihara MF Watanabe, Takizawa, Akatsuka, Kawashima FW Yakiki, Fujieda
Substitutions Takizawa→Sato, Kawashima→Asuma

It was very hot again this day, and even after 5 PM, when the match ended, the temperature didn't drop, so we cooled down in the beautiful river.Tomorrow, we will have morning practice at the match venue to make our final adjustments for the quarter-finals of the championship tournament.