Mmmmmmmhhh... Tokyo shot about 20 times, and Hirayama headed over the bar some 5... 6... 7 times? But still, I think Sanga defended quite well, and our defenders got most balls in the area, and when they could not, they anyway threw in the body, making it hard for the opponents to have a clear chance. Mizutani can't block a ball, but with the help of Masushima (super booed by his former fans for preferring Sanga) and the post, he kept a clear shot. One amazing save in the first half, the one he deflected on the woodwork. Bravo!
The problem as I see it is on the sides: Hayashi and Watanabe could not put ONE cross together in 94 minutes of game, and so our counter via vertical passes were easy to read for Tokyo's defenders. I wish Sanga would have at least one aggressive player on the sides. Both Hayashi (a couple of "uh?" shots today as well), and Watanabe play too much dandy-style. Away, it doesn't pay. After all, we got Paulinho back and we brought in Diego, Toyoda and three young forwards (kim played a few minutes today as well), but without Yanagisawa we're stuck where we were last season. Very few goals. We're at the moment ranked 16 out of 18 for goal scoring...
Well, with all the above said, today's was our first point away, with the dreadful white uniform on. Next week we awaits for JEF United at Nishikyogoku, and IF we can play that game as we did against Albirex and Marinos, we could complete a 7-pointer in three games, that would mean a lot for the table and for the morale as well.
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