Match Review: FC Nippon vs German-Swiss All Stars

• GK Takaki NAKAMURA
• MD Seiji TACHIBANA
• -- Kosuke SAKAI
• -- Yusuke KANEKO
• -- Makito NAKATA
• -- Tetsu KAKIMOTO
• -- Ryota MURAKI
• -- Yasuaki IMADA
• -- Kan YAMAMOTO
• -- Satoshi KABAYAMA
• -- Yoshiaki MOTOHASHI

• -- Koichi SABA
• -- Yasutaro FUJITA
• -- Koji NISHINA
• -- Hiroyuki UCHIDA
• -- Seiichiro OIYAMA
• -- Jason CHUA
• -- Wataru HASEGAWA

Draw game again

FC Nippon did draw 1-1 with German All Stars. FC Nippon made draw games in past 4 games. 1st half, FC Nippon couldn't show the aggressive football. FC Nippon couldn't control the game against the German High pressure. German Performed well, their DF line kept higher position, and concentrate the 1st contact, FC Nippon feed the cross, and long feed but could success. 1st Half German possession was high, and make the chance several times. German scored 1st goal at the end of the 1st Half 0-1. FC Nippon missed the chance to score. Big chance of Corner Kick, Sakai aimed header goal, but unfortunately, the shoot was out. 1st Half ended, FC Nippon was not a good game for the 1st half, there are a few shoots on the goal, we should aim shoot more and more aggressively. 2nd half, FC Nippon showed changing from 1st half, we showed aggressive game. FC Nippon, tried to keep high positioning, and keeping high pressure. Both sides, back, Kan and Hase show good work, and make chance from the side. Yasutaro, Nakata, Kakimoto break down a disciplined German DF many times. Finally Kakimoto scored the tying goal 1-1. FC Nippon tries to score by the end, but finished the game 1-1. FC Nippon still has a lack of scoring ability, should improve it, and must win the next game.

• Takahiro Kawabata DF
• Marius Teich DF
• Quirin Regensburger MD
• Diyar Mailepessov ST
• Michael Klemm ST
• Victor Walz --
• Arnaud Houles --
• Desmond Huang --
• Mark Leonhardt --
• Jan Wiechmann --
• Phillip Von Pein --

• Robert Winkelmann DF
• Lucas Cochrone MD
• Fumiaki OGURO --
• Lasse Stukenborg --

Again no clean sheet

We started well against Nippon and with the aggressiveness we were lacking in our first match against them. Standing very solid in the back and some nice passing combinations eventually led to the deserved 1:0 lead through Quirin served by Victor who surprisingly had a great match (well, at least halftime) after an even better performance the previous Friday night. Nippons chances were limited by shots from distances of 25m and more. Second half our lacking fitness helped Nippon to dominate it, but still without chances in the box. After 75 min another distance shot in which our keeper Desmond looked very unfortunate and probably still doesn't know what he's done in that moment. End result 1:1.