Academy Report

Kashima Youth, currently on an expedition in Spain, reached its fourth day. In the morning, the team traveled from Barcelona to Madrid. The team traveled to Madrid by Spain's high-speed rail, the AVE (Alta Velocidad Española) of the Spanish National Railway. "AVE" means "bird" in Spanish, and a bird with spread wings is the symbol of the train. The station was clean, and security checks were conducted. The journey was expected to take about three hours at a speed of approximately 300 km/h, but today it was slightly delayed.Upon arriving in Madrid, the team traveled by bus to the hotel and had lunch after checking in. The team departed the hotel at 3 PM after lunch. At 5 PM, a friendly match against Real Madrid U18 team was held at Real Madrid's facilities.

Friendly Match vs Real Madrid U18 3-3 (0-1, 3-2) Goal scorers: Sugiyama Manato, Maeda Taira, Kobari Kotaro


Starting Players
Yamada Daiki, Inai Hisanori, Kobari Kotaro, Sato Ryotaka, Sasaki Shogo, Yuki Masaki, Shinozuka Itsuki, Kumada Shuto, Arima Kotaro, Maeda Taira, Sugiyama Manato

Substitute Players
Onuma Juki, Takahashi Eito, Akatsuka MikaelThe start of the first half was sluggish overall, and in the 2nd minute, we conceded a goal due to a momentary lapse.

After that, we managed to regroup and created several scoring opportunities, but couldn't find the net, ending the first half 0-1.

Five minutes into the second half, Sugiyama headed in Sasaki's free kick to make it 1-1. We brought the game back to even, but conceded in the 16th minute, putting us behind again.

We continued to press to equalize, and in the 26th minute, Onuma's long-range shot was on target but was brilliantly saved by the opposing goalkeeper, preventing a goal.

In the 27th minute, Maeda connected directly with Kumada's cross to level the score at 2-2. However, in the 29th minute, a direct free kick from the opponent looked like it was saved by Yamada, but the referee called it a goal.

Trailing again at 2-3, in the 31st minute, Kobari converted Maeda's free kick, making it 3-3 once more.

Even after that, in the 41st minute, Sugiyama broke free and took a shot, but it hit the post, and the game ended 3-3. It was an exciting match where we twice fell behind and twice equalized.

After the match, we returned to the hotel and had dinner at 8:30 PM, concluding our fourth day in Spain.