Meiji Yasuda J1 League

Match 12

Shimizu S-Pulse 0-2 Kawasaki Frontale

Saturday May 7th 3:00pm

IAI Nihondaira Stadium, Shizuoka

S-PULSE GOALS

YELLOW CARDS Ronaldo (51)

RED CARDS

PENALTY KICK

ATTENDANCE 13888

LINE UP

GK Gonda

DF Hara, Tatsuta, Yoshinori Suzuki, Yamahara

MF Shirasaki, Ronaldo, Miyamoto, Nakayama

FW Yuito Suzuki, Santana

SUBSTITUTIONS

Kamiya on for Nakayama (46)

Matsuoka on for Ronaldo (46)

Carlinhos on for Miyamoto (58)

Oh Se-Hun on for Santana (71)

Taki on for Yuiti Suzuki (71)

REPORT

We could not break the home jinx…

And this in front of our biggest home audience for more than 2 years…

And this with exactly the same starting members who played so well at Shonan Belmare one week ago…

At the end of day, the match data were practically identical, but Kawasaki have a killer instinct that we simply have not acquired yet.

But for Gonda, Kawasaki could have scored in the 9th minute after a truly woeful mistake by our defense.

And in the 14th minute another poor clearing was played without much ado by Kawasaki who almost scored as a practice.

A few minutes later Nakayama could not convert a great pass into the box.

And in the 32nd minute once again Kawasaki was allowed to play as in practice for a soft goal S-Pulse just kept looking at the whole time.

In the 31st minute Santana’s great middle-range shot hit the post proving it was not going to be our day.

In the 64th minute Nakayama again missed a great chance from a beautifully kicked corner kick.

In the 79th minute three S-Pulse attackers missed converting a great low cross that beat everyone.

In the dying minutes S-Pulse once again had a chance to score on a great corner kick but Oh Se-Hun’s heading went beggingly wide.

All in all, the game was more equal that it looked at first but the difference was converting chances into goals.

So frustrating…

Well, we move to Kyoto Sanga’s stadium on Saturday. We do have a better chance to improve there!

NEXT GAME

Meiji Yasuda J1 League

Match 13

Shimizu S-Pulse vs Kyoto Sanga

Saturday May 14th 2:00pm

Sanga Stadium by Kyocera, Kameoka