Daigo / Pre-Season Games

Sorry about the lack of updates recently; back to normal now. Most people interested in this sort of thing will have picked up that arguably Ardija's star player for the last three years, Daigo Kobayashi, has indeed left for Stabaek and the bright lights of the Norwegian League, taking advantage of a clause in his contract that meant he could leave for a European club on receipt of a suitable offer. There's a short video from Norwegian TV of him training in La Manga with Stabaek, here. Daigo's erstwhile colleagues have in the meantime been continuing their pre-season training camp on Guam - details of the two friendly games staged thus far are below.

3 x 30 mins friendly, Guam, 02 Feb 09

Omiya Ardija 0-1 Consadole Sapporo

1st third

GK Ezumi
DF Park
DF Neretljak
DF Nishimura
DF Hato
MF Hashimoto
MF Saito
MF Kataoka
MF Uchida
FW Kawanabe
FW Fujita

2nd third

GK Ezumi
DF Park
DF Neretljak
DF Lavric
DF Hato
MF Hashimoto
MF Saito (Nishimura 40')
MF Kataoka
MF Uchida
FW Kawanabe
FW Fujita

3rd third

GK Shimizu
DF Tsukamoto
DF Nishimura (Uchida 74')
DF Murayama
DF Tokita
MF Fujita
MF Hashimoto
MF Kanazawa
MF Watabe
FW Ichikawa
FW Ishihara

Friendly, Guam, 31 Jan 09

Omiya Ardija 1-0 Daegu FC

1-0 Ichikawa 51'

1st half

GK Ezumi
DF Park
DF Neretljak
DF Murayama (Nishimura 31')
DF Hato
MF Uchida
MF Kataoka
MF Kanazawa (Tsukamoto 31')
MF Watabe
FW Fujita
FW Ishihara

2nd half

GK Kobayashi N
DF Hashimoto
DF Murayama
DF Nishimura
DF Tsukamoto
MF Kawanabe
MF Saito
MF Aoki
MF Kanazawa (Ishihara 75')
FW Ichikawa
FW Tokita

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