Mmmmhhh... Bittersweet result. Clearly, considering the season so far, NOT to lose away is already a great achievement -- we got slapped 3-1 in Yamagata in March (Nabisco), remember? It was snowing!!
However, we were so clearly superior to Montedio today, that it is a shame we couldn't slam one in. Hayashi and Diego lost an industrial quantity of balls, Toyoda missed an easy one and a ball was cleared on the line after a good direct shot from Watanabe. In the end we hit 18 shots, but two of the six Montedio missed were huge.
Mizutani is showing that he is more than just a decent keeper, and basically the defense and the two volante in front of them are doing the job. The problem starts with the top four players. Paulinho and Diego seem too often out of the game, Hayashi had another pathetic game, and only Watanabe showed what happens when a player actually dribbles away, beats a man and creates superiority. Too bad nobody could capitalize on that...
Dare I to say Sanga is one of the top-5 teams in Japan from the belt down... In the last four J1 game we raked up eight points, conceding only one goal in 360 minutes.
I think even a kid could see where the problem lies... Today Miyayoshi played 15 minutes: a sunbeam...? With three meaning less Nabisco games coming up, can we see some cojones, some attacking soccer and perhaps have some fun...?
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