(Many players seem to have made a comment on losing their ball at wrong times during the training match against Meiji University team.)
They certainly lost their ball too early several time. However, I don’t think it was due to strategic issues. I think they made mistakes simply because they were too tired. They had been worn out especially their lower body as they went through tough training sessions day after day. To be honest with you, my team may lose a training match during this preparation period soon. This is because they have been flat out because of the hard training sessions. It is not surprising if the team lose matches once or twice. Of course, I do not wish their defeat. However, it is not uncommon to lose matches against university teams whose motivation is very high during our team members’ preparation period once or twice. What I find very pleasing is that very few players have been injured. We have had a variety of training sessions and there are hardly any players who got injured. It is unfortunate that Umesaki sprained his lower back. But I regard it in a positive way as it came out of his love of football as it happened while he was tossing a ball with children during the break.
They certainly lost their ball too early several time. However, I don’t think it was due to strategic issues. I think they made mistakes simply because they were too tired. They had been worn out especially their lower body as they went through tough training sessions day after day. To be honest with you, my team may lose a training match during this preparation period soon. This is because they have been flat out because of the hard training sessions. It is not surprising if the team lose matches once or twice. Of course, I do not wish their defeat. However, it is not uncommon to lose matches against university teams whose motivation is very high during our team members’ preparation period once or twice. What I find very pleasing is that very few players have been injured. We have had a variety of training sessions and there are hardly any players who got injured. It is unfortunate that Umesaki sprained his lower back. But I regard it in a positive way as it came out of his love of football as it happened while he was tossing a ball with children during the break.

