WE'RE NOW ENTERING THE SECOND HALF OF THIS MATCH, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MATCH CAN BE RESUMED IN A SINGLE SENTENCE... FC TOKYO IS IN TROUBLE, AS JEF UNITED IS ATTACKING FURIOUSLY!!
MIDDLE SHOTS FROM OSHIBA... LONG SWERVING SHOTS FROM CHOI... VOLLEY SHOTS FROM MUTO... EVEN SLIDING SHOTS FROM ABE WHO'S GOING UP MORE OFTEN...!!
LOOKS LIKE JEF UNITED'S COACH VERDENIK INSTRUCTED HIS PLAYERS TO HASTEN THEIR OFFENSES, TO PREVENT FC TOKYO KEEPER'S DOI TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE DEFENSE! HE'S HOLDING ON SO FAR... BUT FOR HOW LONG?
10 MINUTES INTO THE SECOND HALF, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A THROW IN FOR FC TOKYO... COACH OKUMA IS USING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE FIRST MOVE...
AH... STILL NO MISUGI? DEFENDER UMEYAMA IS GETTING IN TO REPLACE DEFENDER ITO, WHO'S SHOWING SIGNS OF FATIGUE!
THROW IN FROM UMEYAMA TO MIDFIELDER MIURA... BUT NO GOOD! ABE SAW THIS COMING AND HE'S TAKING THE BALL FROM MIURA!!
DESPITE CACH'S OKUMA'S MOVE, JEF UNITED IS STILL SETTING THE PACE, SHOOTING WHENEVER THEY CAN!
FC TOKYO'S DEFENSE SEEMS MORE AT EASE NOW, HOWEVER! DID UMEYAMA'S PEP TALK HELPED THEM GET THEIR BEARINGS?
OKUMA'S SUBSTITUTION ACTUALLY ALLOWED HIS TEAM TO SHIFT THEIR GAZE TOWARDS THE TECHNICAL AREA... WHERE MISUGI COULD GIVE THE DEFENDERS THE DIRECTIVES THEY LACKED, EVER SINCE DOI WAS PREVENTED FROM GIVING THEM...
HIS FIELD OF VISION, FROM THE SIDE, WASN'T AS CLEAR AS DOI'S, FROM HIS GOAL MOUTH, BUT SEEING THE FIRST HALF WAS ENOUGH FOR MISUGI TO PREDICT JEF UNITED'S ATTACK PATTERNS...
THIS ALLOWED FC TOKYO TO HOLD FOR ANOTHER 20 MINUTES... AND FINALLY...
AH... FINALLY!! COACH OKUMA IS RELEASING HIM... THE STADIUM IS GOING WILD!! THIS IS WHAT EVERYONE WAS WAITING FOR!!
30 MINUTES INTO THE SECOND HALF, THE YOUNG NOBLE OF THE FIELD, MISUGI JUN, IS FINALLY GETTING IN! THE CROWD IS SO HAPPY THAT ON JEF UNITED'S SIDE, THE SUBSTITUTION OF OSHIBA FOR SATO HISATO IS ALMOST GOING UNNOTICED!
AH, AND IT'S ALREADY A PASSCUT FROM MISUGI! THIS MIGHT BECOME A GOOD COUNTER CHANCE FOR FC TOKYO!
HOWEVER, SOMEHOW MISUGI IS DRIBBLING BACK, TOWARDS HIS OWN GOAL? IT'S SURPRISING TO JEF UNITED'S PLAYERS, BUT...
AH, MISUGI IS CROSSING THE PATH OF THE MIDFIELDER MIURA! MAYBE HE'LL... NO! MISUGI STILL HAS THE BALL... AND THERE ARE TWO PLAYERS OF JEF UNITED ON HIM NOW!
BUT AFTER LURING THESE TWO PLAYERS, MISUGI IS DOING A BACKPASS TOWARDS MIURA NOW!!
FREE FROM HIS MARKER, MIURA IS ATTACKING... JEF UNITED PLAYERS ARE COMING ONTO HIM BUT TOO LATE! NOW THAT THEIR DEFENSE HAVE SHIFTED, MIURA IS SENDING A LONG PASS TOWARDS THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE FIELD!
MIDFIELDER SATO YUKIHIKO IS PICKING UP THE BALL AND ATTACKING FIERCELY ON THE LEFT SIDE!
BUT HERE'S A HARD TACKLE FROM MILINOVIC, WHO WAS THE ONLY ONE TO FORESEE THIS!! STILL, MISUGI IS IMMEDIATELY TAKING THE BALL BACK!! HE WENT BEHIND SATO TO SUPPORT HIM EVEN BEFORE MIURA SENT HIS PASS!!
