YAMAGATA 2 - 0 VISSEL

J.League Division 1 - Round 16

MONTEDIO YAMAGATA 2			0 VISSEL KOBE
19:00, Saturday June 18, 2011
ND Soft Stadium
Attendance: 6,587
		OKUBO, Yetsuya (53') ITO, Shun (83')			-
Team Lineup			Team Lineup
GK	16	UEKUSA, Yuki	GK	30	TOKUSHIGE, Kenta
DF	14	MIYAMOTO, Takuya	DF	2	KONDO, Gakuto
DF	4	NISHIKAWA, Shogo	DF	4	KITAMOTO, Kunie
DF	3	ISHII, Hidenori	DF	5	KOMOTO, Hiroyuki
DF	4	KOBAYASHI, Ryo	DF	21	MOGI, Hiroto
MF	29	HIROSE, Tomoyasu (82')	MF	8	MATSUOKA, Ryosuke (71')
MF	8	FUNAYAMA, Yuji (76')	MF	10	BOTTI
MF	28	OTA, Tetsuro	MF	7	PARK Kang-jo (64')
MF	17	SATO, Kentaro	MF	13	OKUBO, Yoshito
MF	24	ITO, Shun (90'+4)	FW	17	YOSHIDA, Takayuki (58')
FW	24	OKUBO, Tetsuya	FW	27	TOKURA Ken
Substitutes			Substitutes
GK	1	SHIMIZU, Kenta	GK	1	KISHI, Takahide
DF	22	SONODA, Takuya	DF	14	MIYAMOTO, Tsuneyasu
DF	26	YAMADA, Takumi	DF	25	ISHIBITSU, Yosuke
MF	5	SHIMOMURA, Tomi (82')	DF	6	HANEDA, Kenji (64')
MF	7	MIYAZAWA, Katsuyuki (90'+4)	MF	18	TANAKA, Hideo
MF	19	AKIBA, Masaru (76')	MF	20	MORIOKA, Ryota (58')
FW	21	KAWASHIMA, Daichi	FW	11	POPO (71')
		MIYAMOTO (21')			OKUBO (61')

Post Match Comments

	WADA, Masahiro: Overall "We wanted to get something out of this match after the disappointing draw against Fukuoka last Wednesday, but it wasn't to be. Even when we had a lot of possession in the first half, Yamagata dropped back and we were not able break them down."
	YOSHIDA, Takayuki: Overall "Our play today was terrible and I was also disappointed in myself despite being my first start in a while." What's missing? We were unable to link up vertically due to the enormous space between our midfield and the front (in attack) and the back (in defense). The latter left us exposed and they took advantage of that.
	OKUBO, Yoshito: Overall "I hardly touched the ball in the second half. I had to drop in a defensive midfield role in the first half to try to build something from the back, but we didn't really scare them at all. Morioka took over this role in the second half so I could push forward but I hardly got the ball."
	La Famiglia: Yet another frustrating match. Many of the players' post match comments pointed to the distance between our midfield and forwards preventing us from linking up and this was quite evident when watching the match. However, normally a manager would see this as a positive and try to put pressure on the opposition up the middle by inserting a player to create a link-up. Wada didn't do this. He persisted with Tokura who was bordering on embarrassing at times with his lack of control and inability to stay on his feet, and the substitutions did not reflect what we were lacking.