Continental Beach Soccer Tournament 2016 vs Thailand Beach Soccer National Team
2016-8-23 (Tue.) - 14:00   Playing Time: 12min.×3
Ordos Sports Center (Ordos/China)

Japan Beach Soccer National Team   12-4 (1st 4-2, 2nd 4-1, 3rd 4-1)   Thailand Beach Soccer National Team

Scores
1'　MOREIRA Ozu（Japan Beach Soccer National Team）
1'　HARAGUCHI Shotaro（Japan Beach Soccer National Team）
2'　GOTO Takasuke（Japan Beach Soccer National Team）
5'　TABATA Teruki（Japan Beach Soccer National Team）
8'　goal against（Thailand Beach Soccer National Team）
9'　goal against（Thailand Beach Soccer National Team）
17'　AKAGUMA Takuya （Japan Beach Soccer National Team）
18'　KAWAI Yusuke（Japan Beach Soccer National Team）
23'　GOTO Takasuke（Japan Beach Soccer National Team）
23'　goal against（Thailand Beach Soccer National Team）
24'　GOTO Takasuke（Japan Beach Soccer National Team）
25'　AKAGUMA Takuya （Japan Beach Soccer National Team）
25'　own goal（Japan Beach Soccer National Team）
32'　AKAGUMA Takuya （Japan Beach Soccer National Team）
34'　NAKAHARA Yuki（Japan Beach Soccer National Team）
35'　goal against（Thailand Beach Soccer National Team）

Line-ups
GK：TERUKINA Shingo
FP：MOREIRA Ozu 、TABATA Teruki、HARAGUCHI Shotaro、GOTO Takasuke

Substitutes
GK：KAWAI Yusuke
FP：MATSUO Naoya、NAKAHARA Yuki、SATO Eisuke、AKAGUMA Takuya 

Match Report

Japan Beach Soccer National Team played their first match of the Continental Beach Soccer Tournament 2016 against Thailand Beach Soccer National Team at 14:00, 23 August. 

The match was action-packed right from the kick off.

Japan took the early initiative. In the opening minute of the first period, MOREIRA Ozu immediately smashed a strong shot into the opponents’ net, successfully scoring the opener within 5 seconds after kick-off.

Immediately after, Japan’s goalkeeper TERUKINA Shingo took a shot and HARAGUCHI Shotaro changed the direction right in front of the goal, finding the back of the net. Japan stretched their lead 2-0. 

Japan continued to dominate possession and attacked the opponents’ goal aggressively. In the 2nd minute, GOTO Takasuke scored the third from a free-kick right in front of the goal. Then in the 7th minute, TABATA Teruki added another goal and made it 4-0. 

However, Japan conceded 2 goals in the 8th and the 9th minutes from free-kicks, and the first period ended 4-2. 

Japan’s didn’t change their attacking pace in the second period.

In the 8th minute of the second period, AKAGUMA Takuya scored after getting the ball from the Thailand’s mistake and, in the 9th minute, goalkeeper KAWAI Yusuk’s shot directly found the net to make it 6-2. Before the end of the period, Japan scored 2 more goals including an over-head shot by Goto. The second period ended 8-3. 

In the 3rd period, Akaguma scored from a kick-off shot, extending their lead. Japan continued to attack by changing players frequently and scored more goals including goalkeeper NAKAHARA Yuki’s direct shot and opponents’ own-goal to finish the first match with their convincing 12-4 victory over Thailand.

Tomorrow, Japan will play in the semi-final against Iran Beach Soccer National Team at 14:00. local time. 

Coach and Players' Comments

Marcelo MENDES, Coach
The players maintained their good condition during the past two days of training in China. How they started the match against Thailand today was wonderful. We were very focused and limited them to few chances, while making many goal-scoring opportunities. I think this is a positive takeaway for the next semi-final. Today 3 new players made their debut and performed very well. The next one is the semi-final against Iran. We know that it will be difficult, but I am confident that Japan National Team will beat Iran and advance to the final. 

FP #7 TABATA Teruki (Tokyo Lequios BS)
The first match today was good for us, scoring the opener at the beginning and adding many goals from the formation we wanted to do. However, we conceded some goals due to unnecessary fouls. We will need to sort these issues out to beat Iran tomorrow and go through to the final.

FP #9 AKAGUMA Takuya (Dorsole Kitakyushu)
I felt relieved from the pressure of winning the first match against Thailand and going through to the next match tomorrow. It was very good for us since we could play in the way that we had prepared in the training, and all of us could share the same vision of our defensive tactics to face our opponents today. However, we did make unnecessary fouls, so we need to correct them before the next match. Tomorrow, we will play against Iran with even stronger mentality. I want to contribute to the team by keeping possession of the ball using my physical strength and scoring goals.

Schedule

*Local Time
*The schedule is subject to change due to the team condition, the weather, etc.