Kawasaki Frontale is not yet to back a better performance after losing to Nagoya Grampus with a score of 1-2 in the J.League 2023 at Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Kanagawa Prefecture.
The game moves quickly. In the 9th minute, Takuji Yonemoto intercepted and passed the ball forward. Nagai, who received this, ran into the center with his Casper he Junker. Casper Junker calmly positioned the goalkeeper from the trap and kicked in. For Kawasaki F, it was a familiar spectacle of the opening goal this season.
After that, Kawasaki Frontale kept the ball and attacked. However, it is not easy to reach the shoot. He was often intercepted, and even in the attacking third, he could not break down the opponent.
In the middle of the first half, Kawasaki Frontale changed positions with Nagacho on the left, Daisei Miyashiro on the top, and Ienaga on the right, but in the 42nd minute, Kyohei Tori’s cross was met by Miyashiro.
On the other hand, in stoppage time of the first half, Castro’s dynamic direct FK from Mateus made it into the halfway point with Nagoya leading by two goals.
Even in the second half, the basic flow does not change. The composition is that Kawasaki Frontale will hold the ball and Nagoya will aim for a counter by hooking it there.
In the 52nd minute, Casper’s Juncker, Matheus’s Castro, and Nagai crossed over to Nagoya to shoot with their left foot, but this was stopped by GK Chong’s Sonryong. Furthermore, in the 53rd minute, Nagai scooped out a cross on the left side and Casper responded with a volley by Junker, but this flew over the frame and was not scored.
After a pinch, there is a chance. In the 56th minute, Ienaga made a vertical pass in the middle of Kawasaki Front, and Miyashiro kicked in with his left foot to make it one point behind.
Including the atmosphere of the venue, it shifted to the development that Kawasaki Frontale pushes. In addition, Coach Oniki brought in Daiya Tohno and Arata Yamada to freshen up the attacking lineup, and seeing that Nagoya changed from 3 tops to 2 tops, Joao Schmidt, who was in good form, scattered the ball and put it into the top two, Miyashiro and Yamada. In the end, Takai was put in the front line and attacked, but Joao Schmidt’s decisive header that came just before the end was met with a good save by GK Langerak and could not equalize.
And time up. Kawasaki Frontale has yet to win at home and will suffer further losses. Although Nagoya conceded one goal, they won the match and earned three points for the first time since 2012 in the league match at Todoroki Athletics Stadium.
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