ajiako 6 - 0 Hokkaido (371473781)

45598 spectators had come to tercer milenio this cloudy day. Lenz Mikosch was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alessandro van der Heyden and Rastislav Zalčík. ajiako tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. They fielded: Cailleux - 片桐 (Katagiri), 木村 (Kimura), Hirayama, Matsumara, Cuñada - Geldmacher, Rusescu, Serrano, Teixeira Correia - Militaru.

Hokkaido started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Starters: Isozaki - Nakanoi, Katsushika, Soseki, Hagiwara - Kudo, Koshinaka, Fumihiko, Shiotani - Kogo, Komine.

ajiako were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. ajiako had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 3 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from J. Hirayama, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. After 9 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by B. Cuñada might have resulted in another goal for ajiako. However, I. Isozaki made a spectacular save. After 10 minutes ajiako's S. Rusescu had to be carried off on a stretcher in agony. C. Stefani came in to replace him. ajiako managed to extend their lead to 2 - 0 when J. Hirayama cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. Players in ajiako heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. ajiako increased the lead as C. Stefani struck to make the score 3 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. 3 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to ajiako, who controlled the ball 75 percent of the time.

A. Militaru had a fantastic opportunity to put ajiako up another goal 48 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. Attacking on the wings was the choice for ajiako, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. With 67 minutes played, 洋. 木村 (Kimura) could have brought this one home for ajiako as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. After 68 minutes, 康. 片桐 (Katagiri) put ajiako ahead 4 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. The score became 5 - 0 at 72 minutes into the game, when ajiako were given a penalty which J. Hirayama blasted straight down the middle giving the keeper no chance! At that, J. Hirayama was noted down for a hat trick! The players of ajiako now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. After 77 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and 康. 片桐 (Katagiri) gave the ajiako supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 6 - 0. With 78 minutes played, 洋. 木村 (Kimura) of ajiako fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. ajiako enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 81 percent of possession.

ajiako's best player was K. Matsumara. On the other hand, C. Stefani's play was disheartening. Y. Fumihiko performed admirably for Hokkaido. I. Isozaki on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 6 - 0.