Training Match vs  FC Verdure Mishima
2016-9-21 (Wed.) - 17:20  Playing Time: 30min.×2
Shimizu National Training Centre (J-STEP)

U-17 Japan Women’s National Team   1-3 (1st1-1, 2nd0-2)   FC Verdure Mishima

Scores
12'   TAKARADA Saori (U-17 Japan Women’s National Team)
25'   Goal against (FC Verdure Mishima)
48'   Goal against (FC Verdure Mishima)
54'   Goal against (FC Verdure Mishima)

1st
GK: KOGURE Chiaki
DF: KITAMURA Nanami, TAKAHIRA Miyu, WAKISAKA Reina, USHIJIMA Riko
MF: MIYAZAWA Hinata, KARAHASHI Mayu, NAGANO Fuka, TAKARADA Saori
FW: ENDO Jun, NOJIMA Sakura

2nd
GK: MIZUGUCHI Mayu
DF: KITAMURA Nanami, TAKAHIRA Miyu, TAKAHIRA Miyu, USHIJIMA Riko
MF: MIYAZAWA Hinata, KARAHASHI Mayu, NAGANO Fuka, TOMITA Miyu
FW: ENDO Jun, TAKARADA Saori

HT   NOJIMA Sakura → TOMITA Miyu

Match Report

The U-17 Japan Women’s National Team played a training match against FC Verdure Mishima on 21 September. Verdure are boys’ team that consist of players 15 years old or younger. The Japanese side attacked aggressively from the beginning of the match.

In the 5th minute, midfielder TAKARADA Saori, who received a pass from midfielder KITAMURA Nanami in the right side, fired a shot. However, her attempt went wide. In the 12th minute, Takarada, who now received a pass from defender WAKISAKA Reina, dribbled up and successfully hit the target to take a 1-0 lead. They communicated amongst themselves and attempted to score another, but instead conceded a goal in the 25th minute. The first game ended 1-1.

In the second game, Japan aggressive looked for more goals. In the 47th minute, midfielder KAWAHASHI Mayu, who got a pass right outside of the box, took a shot, but missed the target. Japan kept attacking afterwards, but instead gave up goals in the 48th and 54th minutes. They fell with an aggregate score of 1-3 in the training match.

On Thursday 22 September, the U-17 Japan Women’s National Team will go to the Narita airport after practice and depart for Jordan, the site for the FIFA Women’s World Cup.

Coach and Players' Comments

KUSUNOSE Naoki, Coach
This was a training camp in Japan right before we get into the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan. We played our final domestic tune-up game against a U-15 boys’s team. In this game, we checked our team concept and each player’s role, while we tried to develop our physicality and improve on the quality of play. We played defence up front and moved collectively from early in the game, which allowed us to steal the ball deep inside the opponents’ half.

We scored off a defender's interception. Though we only had a short time for the preparation, it was fruitful that we’ve improved our passing speed and tempo. Yet we allowed goals on counters and still need to reduce our mistakes. We have many things we need to work on. So we are going to make our final tune-up in our training camp in Jordan.

GK ＃12  KOGURE Chiaki (Maebashi Ikuei High School)
A consecutive championship is on the line for us in the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan. We just want to give all we have and hopefully win the championship. I think we are going to have tough games, but we want to demonstrate our style of football, ‘not giving up until the end’. Individually, I want to contribute to the team with my strength—feeding long balls. In addition, I want to play with positive mentality, not forgetting the ‘challenger spirit’. By living up to the high expectations from those who support us, we hope to come back to Japan with smiles.

MF ＃7  TAKARADA Saori (CEREZO OSAKA SAKAI Ladies)
We played games against boy's junior high school players. They were physically stronger and possessed better speed. Occasionally, we weren't able to play how we wanted to. However, there were moments where we played collectively and even focused on the accuracy of passes. Furthermore, we were able to create scoring chances and take shots with our own style of football. We would like to repeat our efforts on the things that went well today in the upcoming tournament. We are looking at nothing but the championship, and we want to improve further in our practices to achieve that.

Schedule

*Local Time
*The schedule is subject to change due to the team condition, the weather, etc.