Hi, mates.
Hey, Did you watch the opening game in Club World Cup last night, Auckland City FC vs Kashiwa Reysol. Of course I slid into a neighbor bar to watch it.
This game was actually kind of unfair game as Auckland City was only one club that wasn't a proper professional club in this competition, but the funny thing was that they were also a genuine Oceanian representative.
Auckland City is actually a Semi-Pro club from Auckland, NZ and the league they play in the season is also amateur. That's why most of the players in Auckland FC have had a regular work during daytime and after that they normally head off a training session as a team.
Surprisingly, some of the players were my teammates at my previous club that I had been playing until this August in winter season here, and Auckland FC has been organised by the players I took on in the season. So I had a bit strange feeling and was also a bit envious of them while I was watching on TV because I was not actually on the pitch in spite of they were there with suck a great experience and atmosphere with a huge professional stadium in Nagoya, Japan.
However, the result of the game was not that profitable for NZ side, but the content totally surprised me as I was expecting the score would be more different like 4-0, 5-1 etc.. And the second half was absolutely taken the pace by Auckland FC. As the time went by, The City gradually dominated the pace of the game and gave a crossfire of the shooting to the J-league champion.
Unfortunately they couldn't hit the ball into the goal to the end, but I think they put up a great battle.
Personally, I got some confidence and courage out of the game.
Thank you for the plucky fight for Auckland City!!!!!
昨日、柏レイソル（Jリーグ王者）とオークランドシティFC（オセアニア王者）の試合が行われた。オークランドシティは今自分が住んでる町をホームタウンにしているチームで、クラブ自体はアマチュア。プロ契約の選手もいるけど、ほとんどは仕事を他に持ちながら仕事終わりに夜週３回ほど練習して週末試合というようなクラブ。
そして、このクラブには自分が今年８月までプレーしていたチームメートが２人いる。同じリーグでやってた選手がしかもほとんどを占めるチーム。そんな選手が今遠く日本のでっかいスタジアムでJリーグ王者と対戦してる現実。すごい違和感を感じながら家の近くのスポーツバーで見てました。
レイソルは見ててコンディション悪そうやったなぁ・・・。笑 簡単なパスミスが多かったし、オークランドにあれだけ後半は攻められてたのは驚き。逆にオークランドはセミプロなのにあれだけ走れてたのが驚きやった。笑
この前まで同じリーグでやってた彼らが出ているのを見てすごく刺激になり、曲がりなりにも善戦してたのを見てすごく「自信」というか「勇気」みたいなモンが湧いてきた。
良い試合といえるほどのレベルではなかったかもしれないけど、見て感じるモノが自分にとってはすごく多かった気がします。
そしてもちろんレイソルにはもっと上まで言って欲しいですね。
Hey, Did you watch the opening game in Club World Cup last night, Auckland City FC vs Kashiwa Reysol. Of course I slid into a neighbor bar to watch it.
This game was actually kind of unfair game as Auckland City was only one club that wasn't a proper professional club in this competition, but the funny thing was that they were also a genuine Oceanian representative.
Auckland City is actually a Semi-Pro club from Auckland, NZ and the league they play in the season is also amateur. That's why most of the players in Auckland FC have had a regular work during daytime and after that they normally head off a training session as a team.
Surprisingly, some of the players were my teammates at my previous club that I had been playing until this August in winter season here, and Auckland FC has been organised by the players I took on in the season. So I had a bit strange feeling and was also a bit envious of them while I was watching on TV because I was not actually on the pitch in spite of they were there with suck a great experience and atmosphere with a huge professional stadium in Nagoya, Japan.
However, the result of the game was not that profitable for NZ side, but the content totally surprised me as I was expecting the score would be more different like 4-0, 5-1 etc.. And the second half was absolutely taken the pace by Auckland FC. As the time went by, The City gradually dominated the pace of the game and gave a crossfire of the shooting to the J-league champion.
Unfortunately they couldn't hit the ball into the goal to the end, but I think they put up a great battle.
Personally, I got some confidence and courage out of the game.
Thank you for the plucky fight for Auckland City!!!!!
昨日、柏レイソル（Jリーグ王者）とオークランドシティFC（オセアニア王者）の試合が行われた。オークランドシティは今自分が住んでる町をホームタウンにしているチームで、クラブ自体はアマチュア。プロ契約の選手もいるけど、ほとんどは仕事を他に持ちながら仕事終わりに夜週３回ほど練習して週末試合というようなクラブ。
そして、このクラブには自分が今年８月までプレーしていたチームメートが２人いる。同じリーグでやってた選手がしかもほとんどを占めるチーム。そんな選手が今遠く日本のでっかいスタジアムでJリーグ王者と対戦してる現実。すごい違和感を感じながら家の近くのスポーツバーで見てました。
レイソルは見ててコンディション悪そうやったなぁ・・・。笑 簡単なパスミスが多かったし、オークランドにあれだけ後半は攻められてたのは驚き。逆にオークランドはセミプロなのにあれだけ走れてたのが驚きやった。笑
この前まで同じリーグでやってた彼らが出ているのを見てすごく刺激になり、曲がりなりにも善戦してたのを見てすごく「自信」というか「勇気」みたいなモンが湧いてきた。
良い試合といえるほどのレベルではなかったかもしれないけど、見て感じるモノが自分にとってはすごく多かった気がします。
そしてもちろんレイソルにはもっと上まで言って欲しいですね。