Q. "How do you view the result of the game ending in a draw despite creating scoring opportunities? Also, please tell us your reasoning for selecting Nakamura as a starter and your assessment of his performance."

Head Coach Miyamoto: "We had many chances in the second half, so to be honest, we wanted to win. As for Nakamura, he was in poor condition and had just come back from the national team, but he had been practicing hard for a week, so judging from his performance, I thought he was good enough. His defensive awareness seemed to have changed, so I was unsure until the very last moment whether to use him, but I think he could have become a dangerous player."

Q. "In the first half, you were pushed back by Iwata, but was there anything unexpected about how they played their game?"

Head Coach: "It's not that we hadn't anticipated it, but I think we were pushed back because we kept dropping our line a little and then easily handing the ball over to the other team after stealing it. However, in the first half, we got used to that and we pushed back a little, and the other team also had some time. That was because our attack was lacking, and if we had been able to make more individual attacks in the second half that shook up the other team, I think we could have brought the game into our own hands."