Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Match 5
Shimizu S-Pulse 0-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Wednesday March 17th 7 pm
EDION Stadium Hiroshima, Hiroshima
S-PULSE GOALS
YELLOW CARDS
RED CARDS
ATTENDANCE 4,145
LINE UP
GK Gonda
DF Tatsuta, Suzuki, Fukumori, Hara
MF Renato, Takeuchi, Goto
FW Nakayama, Suzuki, Santana
SUBSTITUTIONS
Yosuke Kawai on for Renato Augusto(54)
CARLINHOS JUNIOR on for Yusuke Goto(54)
Akira Silvano Disaro' on for Yuito Suzuki (66)
Valdo on for Yugo Tatsuta(66)
Kenta Nishizawa on for Katsuhiro Nakayama(80)
REPORT
Goals win matches. Defense does not.
In 6 games, all competitions included, we have conceded only 6 goals, a far better performance than last year maybe, but we have not scored more goals. This time Gonda was not enough to save the team when only one shot was on target from the starting members. Substitutes had more chances, but to no avail.
Truth to tell, playing in a faraway venue in midweek, a big town for that, but with very few spectators is no fun. But this is professional football. It is tough to criticize but S-Pulse will have to quickly find a way to score more goals or this could become a long season. They have the players and the potential, as shown by the selection of Hara into the national Under-24 Team after Gonda being selected for the National Team.
Let us hope that the team will show a better and truer face at Kashiwa this Sunday against a team in almost the same situation!
NEXT GAME
Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Match 6
Shimizu S-Pulse vs Kashiwa Reysol
Sunday March 21st 4:00pm
SANKYO FRONTIER Kashiwa Stadium, Kashiwa