Emperor’Cup

Round 3

Shimizu S-Pulse 0-1 Kyoto Sanga

Wednesday June 22nd, 7:00pm

IAI Nihondaira Stadium, Shizuoka

S-PULSE GOALS

YELLOW CARDS

RED CARDS

PENALTY KICK

ATTENDANCE unannounced

LINE UP

GK Gonda

DF Hara, Yoshinori Suzuki, Tatsuta, Yamahara

MF Kololli, Takeuchi, Miyamoto, Nishizawa

FW Disaro, Santana

SUBSTITUTIONS

Goto on for Kololli (67)

Kamiya on for Disaro (67)

Oh De-Hun on for Santana (63)

Shirasaki on for Takeuchi (78)

Taki on for Nishizawa (85)

REPORT

Another dream ended.

Home jinx back.

A game to forget.

On a day witnessing some really big giants killing S-Pulse could not find the will, skills and determination they had proved they could be capable of during their previous game.

They had as many chances as their opponents but just could not rediscover their killer instincts and ended in another frustrating home loss to the misery of their fans.

Not much else is needed to say about that particular game in a competition that the new staff knew little about.

The team was obviously jaded, and fielding an almost identical team was probably not the right strategy.

Now, we have to urgently regroup and prepare for a difficult campaign of no less than three consecutive away games at Cerezo Osaka, Yokohama F Marinos (technically a home game, but played at the National Stadium in Tokyo to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the birth of the Japanese Professional Soccer League) and Kobe, a fellow struggler.

This will probably determinate the future of Shimizu S-Pulse campaign in this year J 1 League!

NEXT GAME

Meiji Yasuda J1 League

Match 18

Shimizu S-Pulse vs Cerezo Osaka

Sunday June 26th 6:00pm

Yodoko Sakura Stadium, Osaka