Head Coach Poyatos: "It was a difficult match, as it was a cup match. At the same time, the opponent was a good team, and I think we had prepared a good strategy. It really wasn't an easy match. At the beginning of the first half, the opponent had some chances, but we managed to recover from there, move them around, and drain their energy, and close out the first half. In the second half, we made a sliding error and conceded the lead, but we remained disciplined and came together as a team to score two goals, so I think it was a match we were able to control."

Q: "You said that the performance in the first half was not good. Was this because the members had changed drastically? Was it because it was a bit hot? What was the biggest problem? And I think it got a bit better after the water-shedding break, so what did you fix?"

Head Coach Poyatos: "I think that matches like this are really difficult and not easy. The opponents were very motivated, and they had a good rhythm at the start, with young players, so while they may have lacked talent, I think they really had momentum. We knew that the 1st Leg and 2nd Leg would be very difficult matches. I personally felt that we didn't play too badly in the first half, but we did struggle when the opponent dropped back by nine players. But in this tournament, it's really important that we win and get through today, and there were other J1 teams that we were losing to, so I personally thought that it was really important that we get through today."