Is it any surprise that it ended in a draw? Was it to much to hang on for one more minute? I really wanted to write about a winning streak of two in a row, but unfortunately it's going to be the same theme for 2011. Another one that got away. This game against Iwata was a game we should have won and the culprit for the lost isn't the usual suspect of Nobuhisa Yamada. It was Spiranovic giving away a penalty in the 3min of injury time.
I have to admit, I am biased towards Spiranovic. Even if it was the right call I would validate why it wasn't, so I'm not going to go down that path. I just hope Petrovic doesn't do anything crazy like starting Tsuboi or Nobuhisa alongside Nagata because Spira gave away the penalty. The back two of Spiranovic and Nagata has been solid for us and have kept us in a lot of games this year.
What put a smile on my face during this match was seeing Kashiwagi opening the scoring in the 29min. Kashiwagi's 2011 form hasn't been all that great, even being dropped from the starting XI for several games, but the past few weeks we've seen glimpse's of what we'd expect and hopefully this goal would be a boost for his confidence.
Ranko made his Reds début tonight, coming on in the 65min. He played a solid game, came close to a goal late in the game, only to have the post deny him. I can't say yet whether or not he is our answer upfront, but for 2011 he would have to be.
This is how we lined up
GK: Kato
DF: Takahashi; Spiranoivc; Nagata; HirakawaI have to admit, I am biased towards Spiranovic. Even if it was the right call I would validate why it wasn't, so I'm not going to go down that path. I just hope Petrovic doesn't do anything crazy like starting Tsuboi or Nobuhisa alongside Nagata because Spira gave away the penalty. The back two of Spiranovic and Nagata has been solid for us and have kept us in a lot of games this year.
What put a smile on my face during this match was seeing Kashiwagi opening the scoring in the 29min. Kashiwagi's 2011 form hasn't been all that great, even being dropped from the starting XI for several games, but the past few weeks we've seen glimpse's of what we'd expect and hopefully this goal would be a boost for his confidence.
Ranko made his Reds début tonight, coming on in the 65min. He played a solid game, came close to a goal late in the game, only to have the post deny him. I can't say yet whether or not he is our answer upfront, but for 2011 he would have to be.
This is how we lined up
GK: Kato
MF: Keita; Kashiwagi; Richardes
FW: Sergio; Haraguchi; Takasaki
Subs
65min Takasaki > Ranko
68min Haraguchi > Tatsuya
83min Sergio > No. Yamada
So half way through the season (17 games) we are sitting on 18 points, which basically means we have drawn all our matches. Up next we play Kofu on Saturday, a game we'd expect to win, but another stalemate is always a possibility for us in 2011.
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