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Consadole Sapporo Coach Mihailo Petrović Proud of Point Against FC Tokyo

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Regarding the second half…

” During the second half, we shifted up a gear. We went to press high and our forwards were able to create danger. Tokyo did the same, so the game became a very open one.”

“It was good that we were able to score the equalizer just when the second half started.”

Total considerations…

“During the game, we had a lot of interesting goal scenes but we weren’t able to score as we expected.
However, our ball-winning and counter-attacking pattern was very good. The players completely understand where they had to steal the ball and where to aim after that. If only we were a little bit more concentrated on the finish….”

What Consadole need to adjust…

“Two things. Firstly, the defenders don’t have to step up much. Secondly, we need to concentrate more on finishing. Apart from these two things, we played a great game. We were also able to make play switches and cross combination very well.”

“Thinking that we draw with Tokyo, who is at the top of the table, and we played a very exciting game, we can be happy with this result. It’s an important point to gain confidence for future games.”

“Thanks to the supporters that cheer for us until the end without resting for a moment”