J1 League

Game 23

Shimizu S-Pulse 0-3 Machida Zelvia

Date: Saturday July 7th, 6:00 pm

Machida Athletic Stadium (Machida)

S-PULSE GOALS

YELLOW CARDS

RED CARDS

PENALTY KICK

ATTENDANCE 11779

LINE UP

GK Oki

DF Hasukawa, Brunetti, Sumiyoshi

MF Capixaba, Yajima, Inui, Bueno, Matsuzaki, Yamahara

FW Kitagawa

SUBSTITUTIONS

Shimamoto on for Yajima (60)

Tanque on for Inui (69)

Chiba on for Kitagawa (69)

Nakahara on for Matsuzaki (79)

Nishihara on for Capixaba (79)

REPORT

Talk of sterile domination.

It almost looked like Machida had planned all the way to leave he ball to S-Pulse just to pounce when they wished to.

The data are damning:

We dominated possession by 64% to 36%, passes by 502 to 281, pass accuracy by 83% to 73%, while Machida committed 14 fouls to a mere 6 from us.

BUT,…

They still managed to have 16 shots at goal against 12 for us, and even more painful, they had 6 shots on target, including 3 goals against a mere 2 for us.

The whole game can be epitomized in an incessant but ineffective attack on our part and constant danger on their part.

Unfortunately, this is not fortuitous. We have not won a single game out of 5 since the beginning of the second half of the season.

Reviewing the game is just too painful and should be left to the staff and players to digest it and take the necessary measures.

Otherwise, this will become only the premises of an unforeseen disastrous end of the season.

We have a two-week break to address the situation with an Emperor’s Round (3) in between to use as a launching pad.

Time to bite the bit and show some resolve!

NEXT GAME

Emperor’s Cup

Round 3

Shimizu S-Pulse vs Shonan Belmare

Date: Wednesday July 16th, 7:00 pm

Hiratsuka Kyujo (Hiratsuka)