©︎︎︎S-PULSE
SAGAN TOSU 3-1 SHIMIZU S-PULSE
Best Amenity Stadium, Saga
S-PULSE GOALS Owngoal 16
YELLOW CARDS Kawai 58
RED CARDS
ATTENDANCE 14,103
LINE UP
GK Rokutan
DF Iida, Seok Ho, Freire, Matsubara
MF Takeuchi, Kawai, Kaneko, Ishige
FW Tese, Kitagawa
SUBSTITUTIONS
Shirasaki on for Takeuchi (61)
Duke on for Ishige (61)
Murata on for Freire (84)
REPORT
A comedy of errors!
And we were on the wrong side of it all!
In the 11th minute S-Pulse conceded one of those dubious penalties that will never be swallowed. And to think that Rokutan almost saved it!
In the 16th minute S-Pulse equalized through Tosu’s own goal, one of the strangest occurrences in my life, as if the defender thought he was directing his shot into the opposite goal.
In the 26th minute three S-Pulse defenders to use their legs or heads to concede a sucker goal.
In the 41st minute, Tese deputizing for injured Crislan missed a great chance.
In the 50th minute S-Pulse’s defense, usually so dependable, looked at each for an eternity before conceding once again a sucker goal.
To cap it all, in the 73rd minute Matsubara missed an open goal.
It was not for a lack of heart or determination. The boys fought hard, but so many successive games on the road are starting to take their toll and the World Cup Holiday will certainly be welcome to regain composure and concentration!
Wednesday will see one more game away from home against Jubilo Iwata for the 5th match of the Levain Cup Group Stage. A win then would qualify S-Pulse to the next round!
NEXT LEAGUE GAME
YBC Levain cup
Match Day 5
Jubilo Iwata vs SHIMIZU S-PULSE
Wednesday May 9th, 19:00pm
YAMAHA Stadium, Shizuoka
