Thursday, May 3

Vissel 3 - 0 Omiya


A big positive to take out of the victory today was the fact that we put in a decent performance without our first choice strike pairing of Okubo and Tashiro. Had they been available, the lineup would have been considerably different. Nevertheless, Keijiro Ogawa put in a man-of-the-match performance up front which gives our soon to be manager (Nishino?) almost too many choices, something I don't think Vissel have ever been faced with. In addition, Yoshida played his usual 60 minutes and looked sharper than ever, while Morioka and Mogi came off the bench, both of whom looked determined to impress for possible starting positions in the coming weeks. Apart from highlights, this was the first full game I've seen Omiya play this year, and in all truth, they were pretty woeful. The only real threat they posed came through the two Brazilians Rafael and Carlinhos, the latter who stood out in a midfield that seemed at times to be playing with each other for the first time. They gave us way too much space, particularly in the final third, and were too slow in closing us down. Even just after the break, there appeared to be more urgency on our part to get a second goal than for them to equalize. Omiya will look back on the 3 goals and realize that all of them could easily have been prevented. Still, we deserved the victory and hopefully it will give us the confidence we need to win our second local derby of the season this Sunday against Cerezo who lost at Sapporo today giving the newly promoted side their first taste of victory this year. Vamos Kobe!

J.League Division 1 - Round 9
Vissel Kobe 3 0 Omiya Ardija
14:04 Thursday May 3rd, 2012
Home's Stadium Kobe (Attendance: 11,672)
OGAWA (3')
LEE 60')
MOGI (68')
GK. TOKUSHIGE GK. KITANO
DF. LEE DF. TSUBOUCHI (79')
DF. KITAMOTO DF. KIKUCHI
MF. PARK DF. KIM
MF. INOHA DF. SHIMOHIRA
MF. OYA MF. CARLINHOS
MF. SOMA MF. AOKI
MF. NOZAWA MF. WATANABE
MF. OKUI (79') MF. CHO (74')
MW. OGAWA (66') FW. HIGASHI (66')
FW. YOSHIDA (59') FW. RAFAEL
GK. KAMITA GK. EZUMI
DF. TAKAGI DF. FUKAYA
MF. MORIOKA (59') DF. SUZUKI
MF. TANAKA MF. WATABE (79')
MF. MIHARA (79') MF. UEDA
FW. TOKURA FW. KANAKUBO (74')
FW. MOGI (66') FW. HASEGAWA (66')

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