Head Coach: "It's a very disappointing result. We really wanted to win three games in a row, and to win in front of our fans at home, but that didn't happen. This was also a game that showed Tosu's strengths. Especially in terms of intensity. I have to admit that Tosu was better on both offense and defense. I guess that led to us making mistakes. I don't feel like we were beaten, but when we made a mistake, they took advantage of it. However, that mistake may have been a mistake in our efforts to aim for a higher level, and we may not have needed to make a more difficult decision if we had made a more objective judgment, so I'm not sure. I wonder if it was just a technical mistake. I felt that the way we conceded goals in this game was not going to lead to a win." In that sense, if we could have played the game without conceding cheap goals, I think we could have played a more victorious game like we have in the past. It's not like we weren't good at counter attacks or turning the opponent's back when they were pushing forward, so if we could have scored in that way, the game would have developed in a different way, but today just wasn't that kind of day.

Q: After you let the other team take the lead, you went on an attack and got to the final goal, but then you seemed to get impatient. How did you feel about that?
Head Coach: "Yes. I think we were a bit impatient and we ended up in a disappointing way. We were behind, so I think we got impatient, a bit restless, and we got too tense. So, I think we had better control our mentality. Even if we were behind by one point, it was still the first half, and if we were in a strong situation to fight, I think we could have turned the game around with the next point, but the first point in the second half was painful. I felt that we needed to make substitutions and we were hoping that we could hold on for even 10 minutes, but we went in before that, so we were a bit behind in our reaction, and I think the players who came on later were more impatient, or something like that. We showed a lot of enthusiasm, and the players played until the end with the desire to score one point, tie the game, and then turn the game around. However, I think that the composure of the leading team and the impatience of the chasing team were evident until the end of the game."

Q: "During that time, you made substitutions such as (Yuki) Yamamoto and other players who could move the ball around, and you started to create a rhythm. How did you feel about that?"
Head Coach: "Yes, Yuki YAMAMOTO did a very good job in the previous match. He was able to hold the ball in the midfield, change the rhythm, and accentuate the attack. I think he did a good job in that sense, and the rest of the players also showed their determination to use their fresh legs to change the flow and do something, and there were some players I was seeing for the first time, so in a sense, I would like to think of that as something we gained from today."

Q: "You replaced the CB with the last substitution card, and there was talk of conceding a goal from a mistake. It looked like they had a hard time moving the ball on the left side in today's game, so please tell us your assessment of how the left side performed."
Head Coach Matsuda: "As I said before, it was a mistake made while challenging a high-level team, so it can't be helped, but there were still substitutions remaining, and I wanted to see what kind of performance Fukuoka (Shota) could show, and what kind of player he is, especially since we're a little thin on the CBs right now. I also heard that he's good at building up the play, so I wanted to see that side of him, which is why I made the substitution."

Q: What do you think about the left wing's performance throughout the 90 minutes today?
Head Coach: "Kurokawa Keisuke had been playing until the previous round, but he wasn't in the right condition and couldn't play today. He played very well, but there was a bit of a balance, how should I put it, and it may have had something to do with the opponent. So, although it's hard to compare clearly, it's true that the left side was smoother in the previous round and the round before that."

Q: "The first half was going well and we could have tied the game, but Tosu changed to a three-back formation in the second half, which created a mismatch, and we conceded a goal from the side, which was exactly what happened. Was this because the team's ability to respond was still lacking, or was it simply because of individual players' responses?"
Head Coach: "Well, I can't really tell until I see the video, but when I first looked at the lineup, it said 3-4-3, and the opponent was. In reality, I think it was 4-4-2 or 4-2-3-1, or in any case, a 4-back formation. We were prepared for 3-back and 5-back systems, and I had experience with 3-back formations in Nagoya and Hiroshima, so I said that it would be fine no matter which one they played. In the second half, they were a bit of a 3-back, so I didn't think it would be a problem, but there was a slight mismatch and I can't deny that we were exploited. So, I think we need to improve our ability to respond to that."