Matchday 6 of Prince Takamado Trophy U-18 Premiere League EAST will be held on Sun. 10 May.

FC Tokyo undefeated since they lost to Kashima Antlers Youth on the opening match, will face Consadore Sapporo U-18. FC Tokyo’s key player will be SATO Ryo who had seven goals tally out of all the 12 goals by FC Tokyo. FC Tokyo lefty has many variations of scoring goal for example he scored the goals with his righ-foot and heading on matchday 2 against Ryukeidai Kashiwa.

The opposing side Sapporo has lefty talisman as well. SUGA Daiki, one of short-listed squad of under age, marked decider in the previous matchday for first win of this campaign. Please watch out how both players will show their performance in the game.

Top notch Kashima will meet Shimizu S-Pulse Youth in Fujieda City, Shizuoka. The biggest advantage of Kashima is solid defence, not allowing more than two goals a match. They aim to accumulate points with no goals conceding for finishing the first series in upbeat mode. As Shimizu head coach HIRAOKA Hiroaki said “We have so many things we need to improve for offence and defence, they have not lost any game held in hometown Shizuoka. They are determined to get points from 1st-place team and raise their confidence.

Aomori Yamada High School on losing streak will take on unbeaten Omiya Ardija Youth. As Aomori Yamada had many occasions losing their focus toward the end, “The tough matches likely to continue unless we reduce number of easy mistakes.” warned head coach KURODA Go. Omiya believed to be “Strongest attacking team in the EAST” evaluated by every head coaches of the EAST. Aomori Yamada have to show no sign of looseness both offence and defence and that will lead them to win the game.

Both teams are desperate to get three points ? the match between the 8th-place Kashiwa and the bottom of the standings JFA Academy Fukushima. Kashiwa are required to increase number of shoot from the average of 5.8 a game. JFA Academy Fukushima gradually building up confidence after they played close game against Kashima. You should watch out if they can leverage on that on this matchday.

Pick-up Match EAST MD 6
Ichiritsu Funabashi High School  vs.  Ryutsukeizaidai Kashiwa

Having played series of exciting games before, Chiba’s two of powerhouses meet each other. Ichiritsu Funabashi, 2nd-place with no loss, every player has very high skills of ball control in addition to traditionally strong defence. As “Always focused on battling hard for the ball, swift change of attack and defence, and amount of move” said every player, they have fighting spirit as well. On the other hand, Ryutsukeizaidai Kashiwa nothing inferior to the other side for their physical strengths. Although they struggled in the beginning, they won two games in a row keeping clean sheet. They are on roll recently. Never-miss the first meeting of two competitive teams this season.

Date: Sun. 10 May - 11:00
Venue: Funabashi City (Grasspo) Field
Access:
Take Keisei Bus from JR Nishi Funabashi Station or JR Musashino line Funabashi Hoten Station and get off at bus stop “Otsuka Garasu”, 1-minute walk from there
Take community bus flower from Tobu Noda Line “Magomezawa” station and get off at bus stop “Este City” 3-minute walk from there.

Access information (Japanese version only)

Premier League EAST MD 6    Sun. 10 May

11:00   F.C. Tokyo U-18  vs.  Consadole Sapporo U-18 (Tokyo Gas Musashinoen Tamokuteki Ground/Artificial Turf)
11:00   Shimizu S-Pulse Youth  vs.  Kashima Antlers Youth (Fujieda Sogoundo Koen Soccer Field)
11:00   Ichiritsu Funabashi High School  vs.  Ryutsukeizaidai Kashiwa (Funabashi City Field/Grasspo)
15:00   Kashiwa Reysol U-18   vs.  JFA Academy Fukushima (Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium)
15:00   Aomori Yamada High School  vs.  Omiya Ardija Youth (Aomori Yamada High School)