Meiji Yasuda J1 League

Match 22

Shimizu S-Pulse 2-2 Tokushima Vortis

Sunday June 11th 6 pm

POCARI SWEAT Stadium, Tokushima

S-PULSE GOALS Teruki Hara(2), Own Goal(19)

YELLOW CARDS

RED CARDS

ATTENDANCE 5,091

LINE UP

GK Shuichi Gonda

DF Teruki Hara, Valdo, Yugo Tatsuta, Ryo Okui

MF Kota Miyamoto, Ryo Takeuchi, Eiichi Katayama, Carlinhos Junior

FW Yuito Suzuki, Thiago Santana

SUBSTITUTIONS

Akira Silvano Disaro' on for Carlinhos Junior(77)

Hiroshi Ibusuki on for Thiago Santana(82)

Yosuke Kawai on for Yuito Suzuki(90+2)

REPORT

A frustrating draw at the end of day…

With a win we could have opened a significant gap away from the dangerous relegation zone once for all, but now we still have to look over our shoulder for a while.

Considering the number of shots on targets and corner kicks, we could say that the draw was a fair enough result and Head Coach Lotina was taking a point out of an away game. It was still a strange game and all goals could have been averted.

In the 2nd minute S-Pulse sent a long throw-in into the box that Tokushima could not clear after many attempts before Hara who was lurking behind everyone sent the ball home. In the 13th minute the S-Pulse defense looked at a Tokushima attacker taking all his time to sent a long range shot past Gonda.

In the 18th minute a good S-Pulse counter saw hara send a cross that Tokushima only managed to head into their goal. In the 22nd minute Santana missed a wide-open goal later another good counter which would have put the game on ice. In the 63rd minute another point blank chance was wasted by Katayama.

After that S-Pulse made the mistake to fall back on defense and in the 84th minute, once again they looked at a Tokushima player kicking a long range shot with no real opposition that found its target to S-Pulse’s players’ dismay. S-Pulse conceded their two goals in a way too reminiscent.

Now next match is on Saturday at home against a team without a loss this whole season in the name of Kawasaki Frontale. A good result could mean a lot for the rest of the season!

NEXT GAME

Meiji Yasuda J1 League

Match 18 (postponed venue)

Shimizu S-Pulse vs Kawasaki Frontale

Saturday July 17th 6:30pm

IAI Stadium Nihondaira , Shizuoka