Academy Report

We weighed ourselves around 6:45 AM and did some exercises in front of the hotel before breakfast. In the morning, everyone prepared freely for the 2 PM match, but one player trained for about an hour from 9 AM to adjust his condition. We had an early lunch, then held a meeting and ID check in the locker room near the match venue before heading to the field.


The match venue was the same ground where we trained yesterday afternoon.

As it was hosted by a local team, many supporters and spectators from other teams came to watch.

Before the match, both captains exchanged pennants, and then kickoff began.

Group League Match 1
Kashima vs. Jiangsu Suning 3-0 (1-0)

Goal Scorers
15 min. Shoma Nagayama (Kashima JY 1st year) 56 min. Hayato Ota (Tsukuba JY 1st year) 59 min. Imai (Kashima JY 2nd year)
Starting Lineup
Miu Ohashi (Daiki Ishibashi 28 min. 2nd half), Keita Imai, Ryoku Gorai, Hiroto Koseki (Kensho Ikeda 28 min. 2nd half), Shusuke Shimbo, Hayato Ota (Atsushi Hashimoto 24 min. 2nd half), Konari Ogura, Kaito Sugai (Ren Shiraishi 24 min. 2nd half), Shoma Nagayama (Yuki Kinoshita 18 min. 2nd half), Yamato Misawa (Ryudai Kawano 28 min. 2nd half)


In the match, we dominated possession against an opponent that sat deep and defended compactly, and although there were times we couldn't break through, we controlled the game.

We only scored one goal in the first half despite having many chances, but in the second half, we secured additional goals and successfully stifled the opponent's counterattacks, winning with a clean sheet. After the match, we rested.

After dinner, two players, Kyogo Hirayama and Hayato Ota, were interviewed by a local reporter.


Tomorrow's opponent, Shanghai Greenland Shenhua, won their first match 2-1. Antlers will advance to the final if they win or draw.

《Tomorrow's Match Schedule》
Training 9 AM (designated players)
Kashima Antlers vs. Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 2 PM Kickoff