A highlights clip from the 3-1 home defeat in the Satellite League by Vegalta Sendai is now online, here. Yusuke Murayama is clearly taunting me for having observed that I probably would never have to type his name again, as he contributes a spectacular overhead goal-line clearance to save a certain goal. Still doesn't win him a place back in my squad for next year, though.
Read more...Satellite League, Mon 09 Nov 09
Omiya Ardija 1-3 Vegalta Sendai
1-0 Ichikawa 16'
1-1 Nakahara 44'
1-2 Otani 63'
1-3 Okuno 71'
GK Shimizu
DF Tsukamoto (Nishimura 60')
DF Fukuda
DF Tomita
DF Murayama
MF Saito (Watabe 60')
MF Arai (Kawanabe 69')
MF Aoki
MF Seo
FW Ichikawa
FW Fujita
Subs not used
GK Kobayashi
Cards
Y Fukuda 27'
Y Aoki 79'
Thank the Lord! Highlights from the 0-0 Satellite League game between Omiya and Kashiwa Reysol are here. It looks truly horrific, to be frank, although Yusuke Murayama ran around on the overlap a lot. I'm not really expecting to type his name all that many more times on this site, so thought I'd make the most of it.
Read more...Satellite League, Sun 18 Oct 09
Omiya Ardija 0-0 Kashiwa Reysol
GK Takagi (Shimizu 45')
DF Murayama
DF Fukuda
DF Tomita
DF Arai (Seo 45')
MF Aoki
MF Saito
MF Park (Nishimura 66')
MF Uchida
FW Fujita
FW Dudu
Subs not used
MF Kawanabe
FW Watabe
Cards
Y Park 32'
Y Fukuda 54'
Highlights from the Satellite League win over Consadole Sapporo on Monday are now on Youtube, here.
Read more...Satellite League, Mon 14 Sep 09
Omiya Ardija 1-0 Consadole Sapporo
1-0 Fujita 88'
GK Shimizu
DF Tokita
DF Fukuda
DF Tomita
DF Arai
MF Watabe(Kawanabe 52')
MF Saito (Nishimura 63')
MF Aoki
MF Park
FW Dudu (Ichikawa 45')
FW Fujita
Subs not used
GK Kobayashi
MF Hirano
Cards
None
Highlights from the 2-1 Satellite League defeat at Consadole Sapporo are now online at Youtube, here, and they're strangely worth looking at, as all three goals are in their own way quite remarkable. Consa's Yasuaki Okamoto opens the scoring with an unstoppable long-range shot that Takahiro Takagi in the Squirrels net can hardly have seen and a staggeringly incompetent piece of defending results in Yusuke Murayama scrambling in an own goal. Dudu later gets what turns out to be Ardija's consolation after a surging run through the heart of the Sapporo defence concludes with his scoring an overhead kick while lying on the ground. It's all madness, I tell you.
Read more...Satellite League, Sun 23 Aug 09
Consadole Sapporo 2-1 Omiya Ardija
1-0 Okamoto 11'
2-0 own goal 19'
2-1 Dudu 65'
GK Takagi (Kobayashi 45')
DF Nishimura (Miyazawa 87')
DF Fukuda
DF Tomita
DF Murayama
MF Watabe
MF Seo
MF Aoki
MF Kawanabe (Ishikawa 45')
FW Ichikawa (Kuwata 72')
FW Dudu
Subs not used
DF Okada
Cards
Y Tomita 26'
Slightly longer video highlights of last weekend's win over Vissel Kobe are now available on Youtube here, while the 2-1 Satellite League defeat to Tokyo Verdy - played out in conditions that could best be described as a trifle damp - is here.
Read more...Satellite League, Mon 27 Jul 09
Tokyo Verdy 2-1 Omiya Ardija
0-1 Uchida 39'
1-1 Kento 46'
2-1 Yuzo 55'
GK Takagi (Shimizu 71')
DF Tokita
DF Fukuda
DF Murayama
DF Nishimura (Aoki 45')
MF Arai
MF Saito (Kudo 68')
MF Kawanabe (Ishikawa 45')
MF Uchida (Koyama 68')
FW Seo
FW Watabe
Subs not used
None
Cards
Y Tokita 18'
Y Ishikawa 76'
Yes indeed, there are highlights clips on Youtube from the Satellite League games. The 2-2 draw against Kashiwa Reysol is here, featuring what appears to be an outrageously unlucky red card for Klemen Lavric and a scorching long-range shot by Tomoya Uchida. The 4-1 defeat of Tokyo Verdy is here and the 2-1 loss at Vegalta Sendai - complete with a tidy move and finish by youth teamer Daiki Koyama - is here.
Read more...Satellite League, Sun 28 Jun 09
Kashiwa Reysol 2-2 Omiya Ardija
1-0 Yamazaki 19'
2-0 Ota 81'
2-1 Uchida 87'
2-2 Uchida 89'
GK Takagi (Shimizu 45')
DF Iitaka (Uchida 66')
DF Fukuda
DF Nishimura
DF Murayama
MF Aoki
MF Saito (Kudo 45')
MF Tokita
MF Kawanabe
FW Watabe (Miyazaki 45')
FW Lavric
Subs not used
None
Cards
Y Tokita 10'
Y Lavric 58'
Y=R Lavric 77'
Satellite League, Sun 14 Jun 09
Vegalta Sendai 2-1 Omiya Ardija
0-1 Koyama 60'
1-1 Okuno 64'
2-1 Nakahara 71'
GK Shimizu (Kobayashi 45')
DF Kawai
DF Fukuda
DF Nishimura
DF Park (Kudo 65')
MF Koyama (Matsuura 65')
MF Aoki
MF Hashimoto (Arai 45')
MF Toyoda
FW Kawanabe
FW Ishihara (Yoshida 45')
Subs not used
None
Cards
Y Aoki 27'
Omiya opened up its 2009 Satellite League campaign on Sunday with a scrum against fellow Kanto area squad Tokyo (not Kawasaki) Verdy (not Yomiuri) 1969 (wait for it... not 1969) in what should be called the Soilent Green derby. The competition winner gets nothing (like me when I wrote that awful thing for three years), the loser gets nothing (like me when I ask moderately attractive ladies out on dates) and fun is had by all (except for guys who get hurt, or guys who think that they are better than the Satellite League).
Omiya had a fairly strong squad on the field, featuring no fewer than five players who started against Verdy in either of last year's two J1 matches (namely Denis Marques, Klemen Lavric, Masato Saito, Daisuke Tomita and Taishi Tsukamoto), plus the former starting keeper for Consadole Sapporo (Takahiro Takagi), the team captain (Yoshiyuki Kobayashi) and Yusuke Murayama. Verdy countered with Yuzo Funakoshi and ten other dudes who I am not completely familiar with.
Things started out less than great for Omiya, when young defender Tsukamoto went down with a foot injury. He managed to hobble around for a good couple of minutes before Verdy's speedy Taira Inoue attacked and forced Ryohei Arai to foul him in the box for a penalty. Big Donkey Yuzo stepped up and scored with a thundering kick that fooled Takagi.
Not two minutes later, however, Klemen Lavric was taken down in the box by giant Verdy defender Masaaki Iida and earned a PK for orange. Denis stepped up and did his best Yasuhito Endo impression, pausing and putting in the goal. Squirrels sub Haruki Nishimura then stole the ball and fed the ball down the line to a blitzing Denis, who got past his man and laid it to the streaking Daisuke Watabe, who easily put it in the net.
The second half saw the addition of Takaya Kawanabe, who had a fine 45 minutes. It also saw Verdy start off the second half like the first by earning a PK. Shunsuke Fukuda wrestled Funakoshi to the ground after the big man slipped past him, but Squirrels keeper Takagi would not be fooled again and absolutely stoned the giant striker. Klemen Lavric got his name on the scoresheet with a good bit of hustle and a nice touch for a 3-1 score and Denis closed it out by dribbling around the keeper and putting in the final goal.
Game Notes
1. Sometimes I enjoy games like this btter than the real thing, because I can relax and see players that I rarely get to see. I have not got a chance to see Nishimura really have a go, so it was good to watch him play.
2. Today's game told me that we have a lot of players who would do well in J2. Verdy had a very weak squad and it showed as the game wore on. Kawanabe, Watabe and Nishimura all had good contributions, Tomita and Fukuda were very solid in the back and Denis was able to take it easy and still score two.
3. Our two young central mids, Takuya Aoki and Arai struggled a bit. Arai wasn't at fault for the yellow card and the PK; he did what he had to do, but overall his distribution was a bit off. Aoki came in and had a direct impact in the game when he swept a sure goal off the line and started a break the other way. Unfortunately, the man shooting was Daisuke Watabe and the line was Verdy's... excellent save nonetheless. He did pick it up later and made a contribution to the fourth goal.
4. Takagi was great. I've been thinking about it and I'd like to see him get the start in the J1 game against Nagoya. I'm not blaming Koji Ezumi for the recent troubles, he's played fine. I just think that giving Takagi a start so that a shell-shocked keeper can refocus would not be the worst thing. I also think it would be the right time to do it considering Ezumi has posted a 5-0 loss, a 2-1 loss, a 4-0 loss and a 2-1 loss in his last four appearances against Grampus (the 5-0 and 4-0 were in Nagoya).
Three Stars
1. Daisuke Watabe - Speed and skill were a treat to watch. If you watch games like this you can see why he still gets chances.
2. Right-side subs - Nishimura and Kawanabe are the two least-noticed players on the squad not playing keeper and both showed that they can at least compete. Both were dangerous on the press and did good things.
3. Masa Saito - I didn't realize how much I missed the hard work and professionalism of an unsung Omiya hero. Even in a practice game, the veteran midfielder gave 100 percent on every play, going after loose balls and getting back into position. When I watch Shin Kanazawa, I see Saito.
And Finally...
Today's stat of the week happened between Tochigi SC and ex-Ardija boss Yasuhiro Higuchi's Yokohama FC, when Tochigi was able to prevail 2-1 on a Yusuke Sato shot and an own goal. The final box score was, goals: Yokohama 1 Tochigi 2 and, shots: Yokohama 11 Tochigi 1. That's right, Tochigi scored two goals from one shot and our friend Higuchi has found yet another way to lose.
Orange! Much Happier Than Higuchi!!! Football!!!
The schedule for Ardija's reserve team in this season's Satellite League has been part-released via the J-League website, here. Omiya will be in Group A, alongside neighbours Kashiwa Reysol and the J2 trio of Consadole Sapporo, Vegalta Sendai and Tokyo Verdy. Fixtures released so far are as follows:
10 May H v Verdy
14 Jun A v Sendai
28 Jun A v Kashiwa
23 Aug A v Sapporo
tbc H v Sapporo
tbc H v Sendai
tbc H v Kashiwa
tbc A v Verdy
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