Competition: AFC Champions League (Group E)
Date: Tuesday, 23rd February 2010 (19:00 kick off)
Venue: Tancheon Sports Complex
Attendance:
Scoresheet:
| MOLINA 34' RADONCIC 78' |
Teamsheet:
GK KAWASHIMA
DF MORI
DF TERADA (yellow card 60')
DF ITO
DF KOMIYAMA (yellow card 69')
MF INAMOTO
MF TANIGUCHI (replaced by YAJIMA 87')
MF NAKAMURA
FW KUROTSU (replaced by NOBORIZATO 80')
FW CHONG (yellow card 77')
FW RENATINHO (replaced by TASAKA '80)
Comment:
Frontale got off to a losing start in their 2010 AFC Champions League campaign. And, in light of their pre-season preparations, I'm not overly surprised.
I've only caught the goals so far (Seongnam's first looked suspiciously offside), but it's clear that Juninho's cutting edge was sorely missed. It also seems that the right side of defence is still something of a problem.
The most interesting factor was the decision to play three up front...away from home...with Kurotsu getting the nod alongside Chong Tese and Renatinho. Would a more moderate 4-4-2 approach have been more sensible in the circumstances? Or is this a statement of intent from coach Takahata?
Looking on the bright side, this should serve as the wake-up call the friendly fixtures couldn't provide. And the pain of defeat will hopefully put the team in the right frame of mind to bag three points in their opening J.League fixture at home to Albirex Niigata a week on Saturday.
3 Comments:
I thought the knee to the face Kengo got looked pretty brutal (not even a yellow was produced) but now seems he had his jaw broken.
Fair play to him for toughing it out for the rest of the game, even though he looked like he was wearing lipstick for the second half, he was bleeding so much.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9E2EQC82&show_article=1
Or was it a clash of heads? My memory serves me poorly but I think it may have been. Trying to block memories from that awful game is my excuse....
Still haven't had a chance to see the game. But the news about Kengo is horrendous. I'm more than a little anxious about how Takahata's going to cope with such a major blow.
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