I think the players who played today fought really well. We got one point with an away goal, and I think we played a minimum game that will lead to the second leg, but I don't feel very good afterwards. We knew that Matheus Costa RAFAEL Silva's dribbling was like that, and Nishino had also received a yellow card, so we put Iwashita in to deal with that. We were in the middle of connecting well, but the ball was stolen in a counter-counter, and we were defeated in one shot, so it was a frustrating game, but we will take that frustration back to the Expo, home, and somehow in the second leg, Niigata is a very tough team, but we will fight hard and win, so that we can go to the next stage, the final.

Q: It was Ideguchi who lost the ball, but I think there were a number of mistakes made at that moment. What do you think about that?
A: He had been doing well up until that point, but I think he made a mistake like that and was also tired. If this had been the last moment of the second leg, it would have been an irreparable mistake, but there is still the second leg to go, so in that sense I hope he will use that mistake as a stepping stone to grow. However, his play up until then was really great, going up against Hugo Leonardo Silva Serejo(LEO SILVA), stealing the ball from the Niigata player, and showing his typical play, so although it wasn't a mistake, or rather, he was tired and couldn't make a good decision, I think the outcome will be decided by whether he can play well in situations like that, so I hope he will learn from it.

Q: After the opponent was down to 10 men, what could you have done differently in terms of attacking?
A: Nothing in particular. I thought that a score of 1-1 would be enough, but the players in the front line were surprisingly good at passing the ball around and creating chances, so I was watching the game hoping that we could score the winning goal. As for risk management, I told Iwashita when Matheus Costa RAFAEL Silva came on. It wasn't a counter attack after the ball was stolen from the opponent's half, so it was a very difficult response, and we connected the second long ball well, and we were caught when we were about to attack, so we knew it would be difficult, but we couldn't stop it. Even after we were down to 10 men, we increased the number of times we pressed forward, and there were several times when we almost scored, so in that sense, I think the players were very calm in managing the game itself.