First of all, I am really happy that we made it to the top four, and the fact that we were able to pull off a solid victory at the Expo'70 Memorial Stadium, our final game, was the result of our players playing well in front of our supporters until the very end.
At the start of the game, both teams made a lot of mistakes, partly because of match sense. Gradually, we got into the rhythm, and Takashi was in great form today, so I think he got on a roll after scoring a goal, but I wanted to make good use of him on the side. Tosu's Yoshida also took a very high position, and I think that was Tosu's aim, but in the midst of a rushing game, they conceded a goal. After that, we sent Kurata to the left side once, but the rhythm didn't change much, so we moved Aki back in and Takashi back to the left side, and that's when the second goal was scored. It was a very difficult game, but the players fought with faith in victory until the end, and I think that's why we ended up with a 3-1 result.
We don't know who our next match will be, but we heard that the game has gone into extra time, so we will prepare thoroughly again.We have two days in between games so we will take the time to recover our condition, and since we have a lot of injured and sick players, we will be preparing with the limited number of members we have.

Q: It was the last game of the Expo, and Usami scored two goals. He hasn't scored many goals, so what do you think about today?
A: I think he played really well today. He didn't do so well in the practice match last week, but his condition has improved a lot this week, and his wife just gave birth to their child safely, so I think he was able to approach the match with a much calmer mind.

Q: As you said in your comments at the press conference, I imagine you had a lot of trouble managing your players. What was the biggest worry for you heading into today's match, and for the next match, which players were not available today but are expected to recover well?
A: Fujiharu had a fever during the week and after two days of rest, he was deemed unusable, so in that sense we had time to prepare. We didn't have many options, so we didn't have to worry too much. We just wanted to fight well with the members we had. We're not sure how we'll be in the actual game yet, so we'll decide on the members again after seeing their condition.