Head Coach Poyatos: "I think it was a difficult game, but one thing I regret is that we weren't able to perform at our best. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Sapporo for playing a good game. However, we need to learn from this loss, and the fact that we can learn from it is the only positive thing that can come from today."

Q: "You had some idea of ​​how Sapporo would play, but in what ways did they surpass your expectations?"
Head Coach Poyatos: "I think it was a matter of intensity. We knew there would be more duels, and I think our opponents were better at those duels."

Q: "When Gamba was in good form, there were many games where they didn't lose against the aggressive defensive duels of their opponents, but today they were at a disadvantage in that area. What did they do wrong?"
Head Coach Poyatos: "I think it's just that we didn't really show our strengths. I think these kinds of things are bound to happen in football as you go through the season, and I think that in terms of the way Sapporo played, we let ourselves go along with their flow. After they scored first, we just continued to fight without changing their flow, and I think that's where we made a mistake in how we played. However, I don't think there's any need to think about this game any more than that. We played a bad game, and we need to show a proper reaction after that."

Q: "We changed to a three-back formation in the second half. What did you think worked better after changing to a three-back formation? And what did you think didn't work well?"
Head Coach Poyatos: "I wanted to control the game a little more, and we were struggling with the speed of the opponent's switching, so I decided to go with three players to control that. I also wanted to push Kurokawa further forward and counterattack, so I brought on Musashi SUZUKI in the middle of the game, and had the wingers, Kurata and Alano, come in to the middle."