After breakfast, we traveled by bus and held a meeting at the venue.
Coach Morishima told the players to learn from yesterday's mistakes, to be vocal and fight, and to aim for a win so that the experience wouldn't just be "it was a good experience playing against Milan."
First Round of Knockout Stage vs AC Milan
●1-6
Players
GK Tateno (→ 45th minute Kimura)
DF Maehama, Morishima, Nakajima, Ishimoto
MF Saka (→ 40th minute Horie), Shima, Umetsu (→ 20th minute Shimoda), Odanagi
FW Ota (→ 20th minute Okawa), Tsujimura (→ 20th minute Kumazawa)
Goals
35th minute Shimoda
Coach Morishima's comment
"We focused on challenging for the ball and being vocal, but we couldn't perform when it mattered most and conceded goals. We were fighting, but we showed weakness in genuinely aiming to score, win the ball, and defend the goal in soccer. Therefore, we must increase the intensity and quality of our daily training to close the gap."
Antlers ATC13 started the match strongly, creating two clear chances within the first 5 minutes and playing a superior game. However, in the 10th minute, we failed to close down the opponent's side-half, allowing them to cross the ball, which was then shot directly into the net from the far side, giving them the lead. Following this, we conceded goals in the 14th and 20th minutes, heading into halftime trailing 0-3. Early in the second half, we conceded a penalty. Although we created several good opportunities and Shimoda scored to pull one back, we conceded two more goals while pushing forward, resulting in a frustrating 1-6 defeat.
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |