Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kashiwa: Coach Tatsuma Yoshida praised Kashiwa Reysol for picking up all three points against Binh Duong with a 5-1 thrashing of the Vietnamese club that meant the 2013 AFC Champions League semi-finalists kept pace with Jeonbuk Motors in Group E.
Masato Kudo struck twice as the J.League side cruised to victory in front of their own fans, with Kim Chang-soo and Hidekazu Otani on the scoreboard, while Binh Duong’s David Vrankovic also put the ball into his own net to give Reysol an impressive win.
Match report: Kashiwa Reysol 5-1 Binh Duong
“Before the game, I told our players that we shouldn’t waste the one point we collected from Jeonbuk, because they look like being our biggest rivals in this group,” said Yoshida.
“We didn’t let Jeonbuk take the three points from us in our previous match and I’m glad that we made it.
“Binh Duong have strong players with speed on the counter attack, which we don’t really see in the J.League, but our players fought hard against them with good courage for 90 minutes.”
Yoshida felt the contrasting styles of the teams his side is facing in the AFC Champions League is allowing his players to develop.
“In this tournament, we have a different type of opponent at a different place every week, and I can see our players are trying hard to find out what they should do as a unit in order to collect a win every week,” he said.
“When I see that, I can see our players are growing. We are still early in the season and can have some fluctuations in our performance. However, I am hoping that we continue to work hard and make those waves as small as we can.
“Our players are taking every game very seriously and that attitude, I think, helps us produce good results.”
Binh Duong coach Nguyen Thanh Son conceded his team was outplayed by a stronger opponent, despite seeing Ganiyu Bolaji Oseni score what turned out to be a consolation goal nine minutes from time.
“Kashiwa are a better side than us,” he said. “Our players worked hard but couldn’t create chances. It was pretty disappointing to give away the goals at the end of the first half, but the pressure from our opponents was big.
“I’d like to build confidence in our players through the experience of in playing these games.”
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