Round 13 vs Onehunga sports

Hi,mates!!

We maintained our excellent form with another victory on Sunday.

We opened the scoring after 23 minutes only for Onehunga Sports to reply for the home side mid-way through the second half.
But we restored the visitors'advantage with 19 minutes to go to seal the outcome.
However it was a really tough game to secure 3 points in this game cuz the park of Onehunga sports was so floppy and bumpy, so it made us annoyed to keep the way we normally show on the pitch, which is a possession football.
We always try to keep a ball to dominate the pace of the game and put them on the pressure with the way, but we couldn't live up on our game plan due to the shit pitch.
I thing this victory resulted in our mental toughness. The runners-up is now 8 points behind us in the league 6 games left.
We've had a huge advantage on the title race.





　ども！！

　Round12は選手のカップ戦があったので延期、今回はRound13でした。そして２－１の勝利！！
　今回はアウェイの試合やったけど、まぁピッチが悪い。芝は深いし、所々芝が剥げてて砂を詰め込んで補修してあった。うちはＮＺでは珍しく、パスサッカーを志向してて常にポゼッション力を上げて試合をコントロールしようとするんやけど、いかんせんピッチ状態が悪くて難しかったね。
　先制したけど、後半は防戦一方で同点に。一瞬やられそうな雰囲気になりかけたけど、最後に勝ち越し！これが首位の底力やね。
　残り６試合で、２位との勝ち点は８！！でかいね！！

　つか、はよせなシーズン終わってます・・・。焦りますね。笑

　けど中途半端では戻りたくないので、完治するまで我慢！！！！！

Win bonus and fine. (勝利給と罰金)

Hi, What are you up to now??

Me?? I've just tucked myself into a warm blanket on the bed cuz it's do cold here now!! It freeze me every night cuz the winter has just come now. I need a KOTATSU in my room and I just want to sleep in there!! It feels so nice man!

By the way, let me introduce some funny rules of my team. First, let me say this. We are NOT a professinal club. Of cource some players of the team have got a regular payment from the club which is salary, but it's not all of us.
In addition, we're suppose to get a win bonus after winning a game. This is the all same price for each players. There is no gap between all players, which is a good rule, I think.

However the problm is that we might also get a fine from the team's manager if we make something wrong such as like someone doesn't turn up a training session without call, doesn't turn up on time and doesn't put team wear/ proper training kit on... something like that...
There are still some stupid rules like them. Oh my god...

The funniest thing is the rule bringing something to each game site to avoid a fine. This is what we called 'Item of the week'. On the last training day for the every weekend's game, Coach nominate someone of the players and the player tells rest of players a item which we have to bring it to the game otherwise getting a fine. For example, if someone says 'Iron board', everybody including coaches and stuffs has to find it at home or somewhere else and bring it over a dress room of the game site.

This is a ridiculous but also a funny rule, isn't it??

But to be honest, I didn't even know that there were so many rules like this in the team in the begging, so I've saved a massive fine so far, apparently...
No way.....

This means all my win bonus is automatically turned to fines I have to pay off.
So sad... Don't u think so??




　こんばんわ。こちらはめっきり寒くなってきました。コタツ欲しいなぁ・・・。

　今日はうちのチームのおもしろい制度について。いっておくけどチームは完全プロチームではありません。給料をもらってる選手もいるけど全員ではないのでセミプロチーム。けど試合に勝てば、「勝利給」という名目でボーナスが登録メンバー全員に同じ額が支払われます。

　ただこれはいいとしよう。これはね。

　わけわからんし納得いかんのが、チームに罰金制度があるってこと。遅刻やチームウェア/チームの練習着などもしっかり着てこなければ罰金。さらに毎週「Item of the week」といって毎週試合前の最後の練習時にランダムにアイテムを監督などから１つ指示されます。
　例えば、～ブランドの靴とか、ラグビーボールとか。それら指示されたアイテムを毎週試合会場に持っていかないといけない。でないとこれまた罰金！んなアホなっ！笑
　しかも結構高い！！
　まだまだヘンテコなルールや決まりごとがこのチームに多々ある。こんなん始めて。
最初そんなルール全然知らなかったので自分の罰金がかなり加算されてるらしい。ほんま勘弁です。
　この前なんか「アイロンボード（アイロンするときに下に敷くボード）」がそのアイテムやったんやけど、お前らはここに住んでるから実家帰ったりしたらなんでもあるかもしれんわ、おれはこっちで一人でこっち来たのにそんなもんあるかぃ！って駄々コネてます。笑

　まぁおもろいからいいけどね。　チャンチャン。

Chatham Cup Second round

Hi, bro!! How are you getting on??

We had a game on Cup tournament last weekend which is the 2010 finalists.
We cruised into the last 16 via an 8-0 thumping of Lotto NRFL Division 2 side which is two division below us.
It was a tremendous result for us as we netted a lots of goals and shut them out. Moreover a former All-whites player suppose to join our team as a new player to cement the position of the leader in the league more strongly.
He's also a team captain for Auckland city FC, who is suppose to play in club world cup in December in Japan.
He's a defender apprently, so his initiation will definitely give us some positive things such as competitiveness within the team and more strong confident for the title.

As for myself, I've still struggled a groin pain. What I do every single day is just go to gym and do a lots of exersices living up on a come-back program that the team physio made up for me. It always brought me down and feel dump but I need to do this without any rest.

Let me play now!! please god!!






　先週はリーグ戦ではなく、平行して行われるカップ戦２回戦でした。

　結果はまたも２つ下のリーグのチームとくじ運もよく、８－０で快勝。素晴らしいですね。　
　うちのチームにはワイタケレのキャプテンに今週からオークランドシティのキャプテンも加入してきます。またさらにレギュラー争いが過熱してきそうですね。
　自分はというと、相変わらずよくならない・・・。毎日ジムに通い、与えられたリハビリメニューを数時間かけてこなすという日々。気が滅入りそうになるときもあるけど、楽しんでやれてる所もあったり。確実に体がマッチョマンになってます。笑　今は腹筋も毎日欠かさず５００回はしてるんで、腹筋「カッチカチやぞ！」ってこんなギャグしてる人いましたよね。名前はわからんが・・。

　まぁ今は精神修行のつもりでやってます。よし、明日もやったろかぃ！！


　

Japanese language supplementary school (日本語補習校)

Hi, what's up mate?

I got a new experience at supplementary school for Japanese last weekend. It was so nice and fun for me to be there the whole time.
You know what the supplementary schools mean?? As the word of 'supplementary', this is a school for Japanese kids who like try to master proper Japanese like same as kids who living in Japan.
Naturally, the kids who have grown up outside Japan don't have much oppotunities to use Japanese as they go to a local school.
The situation they can usually use the language is in their home or only when they chat their Japanese friends who met here. (however, they speak in English each other even in this situation cuz it's way easier for them to understand each other than in Japanese)

That's the reason the school has existed. Some students go to the supplementary school after their local school and some others go there on Saturday. Thay can choose what day to go depending on their request.
In my soccer school, some kids go to the school a couple days a week.

This time, the reason I went there was to give out the existence of my soccer school to them and recruit some new players.
When I started it up, I was looking for a school like that which is many Japanese students enrolled for recruitment. And I contacted them as soon as I found it and I got an appointment to join a class as a volunteer in stead of the promotion for my school, but I couldn't make it for a whole since I had a game every weekend.
I finally made it last weekend before went to game and I joined one class and took some lessons with kids such as Japanese and arthmetic. That brought me back some memories...

What a fond memory... haha

In the class, there were also some naughty kids who is difficult to deal with for his teacher. I felt like his teacher couldn't control those naughty kids and the class had been sometime messed up by them!! haha
Should I have stopped them at that time?? .... It's ok, maybe.

It was a enjoyable time for me and hopefully some students will get intersted in the soccer school!!





こんばんわ。

　先週末、サッカースクールの広報活動をオークランドにある日本語補習校に、ボランティア活動という形でお邪魔させていただきました。
　この「日本語補習校」とは、親の仕事関係などで海外で生活している日本人の子ども達がしっかりとした日本語を習得できるようにということを目的とした学校です。

　普段は、子ども達は現地の学校に通い、学校での会話はもちろん英語で、日本語と触れるのは実際それぞれの親との会話、もしくは同じ日本人の友達との会話（英語で会話してる方が多い）に限られてきます。
　そこでこの補習校が存在し、通常の学校の時間とは別に、平日の放課後に通っている子どももいれば、土曜日のクラスに出席している子ども達もいて、現在１６０人ほどの子ども達がこの学校に在籍しているとのこと。
　もちろんみながみな通っているわけではないけど（特に日本人とこっちのハーフの子は少ないのかも）、うちのサッカースクールでも通ってる子達は多いですね。

　そしてこの学校の存在をネットで見つけて、サッカースクール立ち上げの時に「一度お邪魔させてください」とお願いしたところ、ボランティアという形で手伝う代わりに、宣伝活動をしてもいいですよという形になりました。

　試合が重なり、なかなかお邪魔できなかったのですが先週ようやく伺う事が出来、午前中の３時間だけ一緒に７才のクラスの授業を受けてきました。
　授業も至って日本の小学校のような感じで、国語のひらがなや、算数のおはじきを使った簡単な足し算など、どれも懐かしすぎる内容でしたね。
　うちのサッカースクールにもいますが、やはりここにもやんちゃ坊主が何人かいて、見事に先生を困らせていましたね。笑

　一応自分も中・高の教員免許は持ってますが、小学生の生意気さは扱いが難しそうやったなぁ・・・。笑

　休み時間は一緒にサッカーしたり、目的の宣伝もチラシを配らせていただいたので効果があればと期待しています。
　小学校の教育現場をナマで見れて、色々勉強になりました。

Round 11 vs Central Utd

Hi, I'll update quickly on the today's game.

We smashed them again in the second round, who had come on 3rd place in ladder before took on us. This team we took on is the richest team in the league and they have so many quality players from Auckland city who is one of the most greatest club in NZ. I think it's the only club in Oceania Japanese soccer fans recognize who they are.

These two teams(Central and Auckland city) have known well each other since ages ago, so Central can import most of players from them. In addition, Auckland city is suppose to be a club in Club world Cup held in Japan in the end of this year as a representative club of Oceania region.
They(central) have some imported players from Spain cuz the coach comes from there.

Anyway, we beated them and we could really dominate the whole game to the end. I think the reason of the win's caused by our combinaton football, which is to alway play as a group on the field. A strong team-work is more important part than individual part in this world.









　さっと試合結果を更新。

　またまたまたまた勝ちました。１－０！！相手は３位のチーム。といってもポイント差は試合前で「９」。今日勝って「１２」になりました。笑
　３位のチームと勝ち点差がこれだけあるということは今どれだけ独走状態かわかると思います。笑

　相手のチームには、今年末に日本であるクラブＷ杯（トヨタカップ）にオセアニア代表でAuckland city FCが出場しますが、その所属選手が半分以上いるチーム。ＮＺ代表も２，３人います。（この前AustraliaとMexicoのフル代表とやったみたい。）
　スペイン人も補強してましたね。うまかった！

　けど終始押し気味に試合を進めて、勝ちきりました。

　いやぁほんま強い！おれも早くあの輪に加わりたいです！復帰は来月初めを目指してます。さぁ明日も追い込むぞぉ！！

Round 10 vs East Coast Bays n Chatham Cup First Round

Hi, bro.

What are you up to now??

We had two important games in last 3 days. One of two was the minor league competition and the other one was the cup tournament launched from today which was the first round for us.
This cup competition has just got started for us. The format of the competition is a tournament in tandem with the normal league, so the cup is finished when we are defeated.
This is a really huge tournament as any teams all over the country who have affiliated with the football association of NZ can compete in the competition.
Its format is similar to such as the Emperor Cup in Japan and FA Cup in England.

Anyway we won these games, but the cup game was not good game for us held today. Our side was so poor, missed too many chances in crossfire to score. I think the reason came from fatigue of each players, but that was a monotonous game.

Last year, our team made through the final for the cup tournament apparently, and also of course we are aiming to get back to the spot and win the league title.

We are so hungry for this two title in the season. I beleave we also have so much potential to make the goals!!　



　ども！！

　ＮＺは先週の土曜から今日まで３連休でした。そしてそのうち試合が２試合”中二日はきついでしょ。けどやらざるをえません。
　ていうのも、今週からカップ戦もリーグと平行されるように行われます。今日がその１回戦（１回戦はシードだったので実質２回戦）でした。相手は２つ下のリーグのチーム。結果は疲れもあったのか噛み合わず、２－１の辛勝でした。
　その前の先週のリーグ戦は６－２の快勝やっただけに、格下に大苦戦。サッカーってわからないスポーツです。

　このカップ戦はトーナメント方式なので負ければ終了。なので勝てばいいんですけどね。カップ戦の規模も非常に大きく、ＮＺのサッカー協会に加入してるクラブがすべて参加して行われます。規模は違うけど日本の天皇杯みたいなモンです。

　実は去年、うちのチームは決勝まで行ったみたい。まぁ負けたらしいが。。笑

　うちはリーグ開幕前の段階で、チームミーティング時にリーグとカップ戦の２冠が目標と口酸っぱく言われてきた。リーグは首位なんで、カップ戦も取れれば最高やね。
　自分はまだ怪我が思わしくなく観戦。もうちょいかかるなぁ・・・。

Rehabilitation

Hi, how are you??

Sorry to procrastinate about the answer of why I haven't played since two weeks ago on last entry.
It's a groin injury what we called Osteitis Pubis which is inflammation of the joint where the pubic bone meets at the front of my pelvis.
Honestly, I've been with this pain since just a year ago when I wan playing in Australia. I think when I first felt the pain on my groins, I didn't completely stop playing because I was in the season at that time, though it's the biggest reason I got this.

In fact, I went back to Japan once last September for a couple of months to have a treatment for it, but I also kept training hard while I was looking after the injury because a physio told me I could train as usual, that's the way we treat something like that, but it resulted in such a bad consequence like this... I mean, the treatment in Japan was no point obviously.
And I had to fly back to New Zealand with it unfortunately and of course I couldn't take any spell for the treatment while I was in Palmerston North. In addition, the new season got started in Auckland as soon as I moved in. Actually, I wanted to keep playing for the team now to the end of the season which is the end of August, but I felt like it was aggregated badly around last month as I felt an intense pain on my both groins when I kicked a ball.
On that day, I drove home with one of my teammate after training and he told me I'd better take some rest until it will be fully recovered.

After that, I thought myself and decided to stop playing completely for care.

I've of course itched to play again, but need to be patience otherwise it can reoccur soon. Our team physio recommended me to rest which is the best form of treatment for this injury.
After come-back, I'll be able to play with a top form and have to be the best player in the team!! I can be for sure!!





前回は先延ばしにしてすみませんでしたぁん！！

　っていうのもまぁ怪我やね！知ってる人もいるかと思うけど、股関節炎です。もうこいつとは丸１年以上の付き合いで、去年日本帰ったときもこいつを治療したくて帰ったんやけど、練習も平行してやってたからちょっとマシになった程度でニュージーランドへ。
　「やばいなぁ。」と思いつつもまだ我慢してたらできる痛みやったから続けてた。ＮＺ来てから、トライアルから始まって登録してその後もなかなか休む時間がなくて、特に左足で蹴るときは激痛やったけど、右足はなんとか使えたので。

　てなことで、オークランドに移ってきてまた新たなシーズンがすぐに始まり、これ終われば休もうなんて考えてたけど甘かった。そこまで耐えてくれなかったね。

　休む前は両足に痛みがきて、ロングキックなんか蹴ろうもんならそりゃ大変。毎回練習のあった夜は疼痛で寝つき悪いし、けどそれでも本当はシーズン最後まで続けようと思ってた。怪我人も多いし、お金も多少なりともらってるから。
　ただ、ある時の練習の帰りに、チームメートの一人から一言。「自分のためにも休んだ方いいと思う」って言われてなんかそこでいきなり気持ちが休むモードに入ってんなぁ。なんでやろ？おっきい決断する時ってこんなもんなの？笑
　
　今はすっきりしてるし、休んでることに後悔はない。むしろプラスに捉えてるし、復帰したら見とけよとおもてる。実際、チームは首位やし周りの選手もみなうまいし、ＮＺでは有名な選手も多い。むしろ今思えばあのコンディションで後半からでも試合出れてたのがビックリなくらい。
　復帰まで２～３か月！！たぶん。笑　なんとかシーズン終盤には万全で戻りたい！万全ならチーム内の競争に勝てる自信はあるし、今は耐えてパワーためときます！！