| Sakurai Scores Two More But Ardija Only Draw |
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Omiya Ardija completed the third practice match of their Miyazaki pre-season training camp on Sunday 20 February, a 2-2 draw with J2 favourites Vegalta Sendai. The game was played over three stages to provide both sides with more opportunity for match practice, the normal two 45-minute periods then being followed by a further 35 minutes. Sendai took a 20th-minute lead through Brazilian striker Schwenck before two goals from Naoto Sakurai - on 38 and 66 minutes - put Omiya ahead. Koji Matsuura then equalised for Sendai two minutes before the end of the third period.
Coach Toshiya Miura experimented with a large number of substitutions throughout the 125 minutes of play. The Omiya team started the match with the following line-up, those players in brackets coming on as substitutes midway through the second period:
GK Aratani
DF Tomita
DF Okuno (Mikami)
DF Toninho
DF Nishimura (Saito)
MF Hisanaga
MF Kanazawa
MF Marques (Shimada)
MF Fujimoto (Ando)
FW Morita
FW Sakurai (Suzuki)
Further changes at the end of the regular 90 minutes meant the following team took to the field for the extra 35 minutes:
GK Ando
DF Mikami
DF Kataoka
DF Tanaka
DF Saito
MF Hashimoto
MF Shimada
MF Ando
MF Yokoyama
FW Tuto
FW Christian
After the game, Sakurai pronounced himself "satisfied" with having picked up another two goals this early in his career with Omiya, given that he also scored against his previous club Tokyo Verdy 1969 whilst at the Guam training camp earlier in the month. He also commented that he felt that the team's communication was improving as they played and trained together more, but goalkeeper Hiroki Aratani sounded a note of caution when he acknowledged that it would be necessary to be prepared to play against faster and more skilful strikers in J1. And there's now less than two weeks to go before the big kick-off...
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【2005/02/21 07:28】
2005 News In Brief
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