Match Review: FC Nippon vs Swiss FC

• MD Seiji TACHIBANA
• -- Seiichiro OIYAMA
• -- Tetsu KAKIMOTO
• -- Ryo SUZUKI
• -- Wataru HASEGAWA
• -- Takuya ASUKABE
• -- Takao NAKASUJI
• -- Yu TAKADA
• -- Makito NAKATA
• -- Takuya TAKAHASHI
• -- Yusuke ISODA

• -- Yusuke KANEKO
• -- Yusuke WATANABE
• -- Minato HORIUCHI
• -- Shinpei NOGAWA
• -- Ryosuke SHIMADA

The second win

We tried new strategy and worked well. No reason to change. 05: Swiss squads were not awake at the beginning. Kakimoto and Yusuke scored. (2-0) 12: Takada injured and substituted with Kane. The game become even after this substitution. 45: Swiss was predominant at the beginning of the second half. 60: Minato scored and rose to predominance. 65: Kakimoto added a goal and this goal decided the mood of the game. 70: Yusuke asked for his substitution but he scored right after his request. New strategy worked well again. Hoping to win the last game before the holiday.

• Cyrill Binder DF
• Thomas Vacher MD
• Adam Bikour --
• Joe Giani --
• Cedric Deschamps --
• Ntoudi Mouyelo-Katoula --
• Jeremy Guioth --
• Felix Mensdorff --
• Benjamin Bringuier --
• Alex Zgraggen --
• Michael Andria --

• Talant Begaliev --
• Takayasu Yamamoto --
• Urs Brutsch --
• Jeremy Marco --
• Thomas Baer --

Rock Bottom

Another bad start, 0-2 down after 5 mins. Missing 2 of the "JADA" strike force was a loss for us - played in a different formation but we let ourselves down. Couple of unpleasant moments during the game; indeed uncommon for Nippon. Alex went down in the box with agony and pain breaking into tears (bad landing, 90% ACL) - Nippon players first asking for a booking and after smiling and laughing away. We wish Alex a speedy recovery - 1 month after we lose Regis now Alex. The frustration continued in the 2nd half being mocked by our opponents with disrespectful comments who were obviously enjoying themselves. Enough said. Probably our worst match thus far. Mom: Joe