Ten days ago the Reds defeated Nagoya 3-1; and now that feels like it's a distant memory. We all were excited of what the 2011 season would bring and my prediction of a top 3 finish for the Reds wasn't through some "RED COLOURED GLASSES".
Now it's back to reality and things are turning ugly quickly. Saturday's lost to Sendai I can accept. It was the Reds' way of assisting in the rebuilding of the city that was devestated by the earthquake an tsunami (so I keep telling myself anyways; and no disrespect to the beautiful people of Sendai), but today's 2-0 defeat to Yokohama FM means we're back to where we started. Should I expect another 7 game losing streak like last year because I don't know if I can take it anymore.
From the Reds point of view the game was a big fat UGLY. Our attack UGLY. Didn't show any signs that it wanted to score a goal. We had the ball but really didn't do anything with it; it wasn't a pretty sight at all. It was only 10 days ago that this same line up scored three goals against the defending champs, and now nothing. We've played over 180mins and have a big fat "O" goals. The defence isn't any better. A lapse in concentration resulted in 2 goals; seriously how hard is it to focus for an entire 90mins and how about the 4mins of injury time as well. [/rant]
Even though it's the same as the last two games; this is how we lined up against Yokohama FM
GK: Yamagishi
DF: Takahashi; Spiranovic; Nagata; Ugajin
MF: Yamada (No); Kashiwagi; Richardes
FW: Haraguchi; Tatsuya; Edmilson
Subs
69min Tatsuya > Mazola
75min Spiranovic > Takasaki
It's frustrating to see that 10 days ago we saw the potential and now this. Let's hope we can regroup and refocus in time for Saturday when we travel to Kashiwa, because to be honest with you if we keep this up, we must prepare ourselves for the now usual mid-season slump.
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