Head Coach Poyatos: "Both teams had a lot of ideas, and I think that was emphasized in the match. However, I personally think that Gamba had more goal chances. Niigata also hurt us with their style, but I think we need to continue from here on out, including building our own style of response. After scoring a goal, we need to hold the ball more firmly and control the game. I think we need to strengthen our mentality after scoring a goal, including the option of a counter attack, whether to go for it or not. The opponent scored one decisive chance. From there, we also showed a reaction and were more aggressive in our attitude, and I wanted to win the match, but in the end it ended in a draw."

Q: "You brought on three players, including Usami, in the 30th minute of the second half. Was your intention to hold the ball more and hold on to the lead?"
Head Coach Poyatos: "I didn't intend to replace the three players there, but DAWHAN and (Takao) Ru had requested substitutions because they were showing signs of muscle fatigue, so I used my substitution card. With that in mind, I made the substitutions for those two players as a matter of care."

Q: "Some Head Coach think that they need to strengthen their defense to win the game, but Head Coach think that you should not think about that and would rather just try to keep the ball in your possession."
Head Coach Poyatos: "I told them from the beginning that I wanted to organize the team well and hold the ball firmly on both offense and defense, rather than thinking about defense and attack. So, I wanted to organize the team well and attack in that way for the second goal, and I wanted to score one more goal. Gamba's tendency up until now has been to pull back after scoring one goal, and then launch a counter attack, and I think that reflex still remains in the players. I think that's what came out. I don't have the habit of pulling back and defending the goal, but I understand the players' feelings, and I think that came out again today. My own idea is always to control the game well and go forward to get the second goal."

Q: When you said earlier that you need to strengthen your mentality, does that mean that you also need to change the parts of yourself that tend to back away?
Head Coach Poyatos: "As I've said from the beginning, I personally want to control the game by having the ball firmly in hand from start to finish. I want to make sure that we implement that, but as they are human beings, I think it's inevitable that they will want to defend in situations like that, and I can understand their feelings. Among the players who have been with us since last year, Shota Fukuoka and Yodai Sato were not given many opportunities to play until last year, but this season they have been given important roles in the team and have continued to play, but I think that's where they are lacking, including a little experience. However, this is also an experience for them, and I hope that they will learn a lot from it and that not only they but the whole team will learn from this experience."

Q: What was the intention behind using Alano as an interior player? He had quite a few chances to score, so please give us your evaluation.
Head Coach Poyatos: "The reason I used Alano in the interior was because I analyzed Niigata's methods and they are good at using a third player in the midfield, and Alano is smart in that area, and has an excellent way of pressing and reading the game, so I used him in the interior for pressing reasons, including how to cut the middle line and switching. He tends to accelerate a little too much in attack, and I feel like I wanted him to take advantage of the decisive chances today, but he has really grown, he is a great player, and he activates the team. He is one of the really important players for me."