50th Japan Club Youth Soccer Championship (U-18) Kansai Regional Qualifying Playoff vs Nara Club Youth

Kick-off: Saturday, October 24, 2026, 10:00 AM

Venue: OFA Banpaku Football Center B

GAMBA OSAKA Youth 3-1 Nara Club Youth
[First half 2-0 / Second half 1-1]

[Starting Lineup]
GK Fujigaya
DF Shimaoka, Okamoto, Maruoka, Murata
MF Okamoto (new), Fukae, Fujimoto, Shirosaka
FW Mimura Yasui

[Replacement]
Mimura → Sakai, Shirosaka → Esaka, Fujimoto → Fujii, Shimaoka → Kitai, Okamoto (new) → Kasai (original), Fukae → Higuchi, Murata → Takehara

[Player comments]
◆ Yasui Tsukasa
Today was the club youth representative selection match, and our opponent was Nara Club.
Personally, I've been going through a period where I'm not getting the results I want, and my performance isn't going the way I'd hoped.
Within that context, I was determined to score a goal in order to seize the momentum from this match.
I scored two goals myself, and the team won 3-1, allowing us to successfully qualify for the club youth tournament.
Today's match revealed areas where we still need to improve, so I'll be focusing on those things in our next practice session.

◆ Shirosaka Koki
Despite the poor ground conditions due to the rain today, I think the whole team got off to a good start in today's match.
Personally, I was happy to score a goal early in the match.
However, I realized that we still have weaknesses in our defense, so we need to increase our intensity.
I want to focus on both technical skills and physical aspects during practice.

Thank you again for your warm support for GAMBA OSAKA Youth today.

http://www.kansai-cy.jp/taikai_u18.html