Meiji Yasuda J1 League

Match 29

Shimizu S-Pulse 1-1 Shonan Belmare

Saturday September 10th 6:00pm

IAI Nihondaira Stadium, Shizuoka

S-PULSE GOALS Santana (12)

YELLOW CARDS Hara (53), Inui (90 + 7)

RED CARDS

PENALTY KICK

ATTENDANCE 17751

LINE UP

GK Gonda

DF Yamahara, Tatsuta, Yoshinori Suzuki, Hara

MF Inui, Shirasaki, Matsuoka, Pikachu

FW Carlinhos, Santana

SUBSTITUTIONS

Ronaldo on for Inui (66)

Nakayama on for Carlinhos (66)

Katayaa in on for Yamahara (76)

Kololli on for Santan (77)

REPORT

11th draw…

But for once we may consider we were lucky to end up with such a result although we thought for a long time that we had done enough in spite of incessant domination by Belmare who like us are fighting to avoid relegation.

We should not be fooled. August might have been a splendid month giving up hopes of an easy escape, but these last two game proved the opposite. After we lost a game we should have won against Hiroshima, we conceded a draw in the 6th minute of additional time when we thought we had got out jail in a game we were outshot almost 4 times.

After Santana’s fine goal in the 12th minute, we had little to show and the less said, the better. Just another game to forget!

Now we urgently need to regroup and fight all guns blazing during those last 5 games of the season, starting with a perilous away game against relegation threatened Fukuoka.

A single win could save the season, so we had better get started at once!

NEXT GAME

Meiji Yasuda J1 League

Match 29

Shimizu S-Pulse vs Avispa Fukuoka

Saturday September 17th 7:00pm

Best Denki Stadiu, Fukuoka