Actually, if you rewatch the replay it's the quick reflexes who made the difference, the control was rough. Hopefully it's a starting point.
http://www.sanspo.com/soccer/news/20170725/jle17072519140008-n1.html Few changes in Levain Cup for the next season had been voted in Tokyo yesterday. Teams from places 16th and 17th will be participitaing in the Cup so that in the first round there will be 16 teams divided in 4 groups. Last time J2 teams participated in the cup was back in 2001.
Urawa on the verge of losing Rafael Silva, but they want 5E from Girona. Vissel wants to add more firepower by signing Kanazaki Mu.
Urawa lost again. This time 0-2 away against Comsadole Sapporo with Makino red-carded in the first half. They are in a serious downfall.
Makino red card was a bit harsh imo. The coach used up all the subs at the start of the 2nd half but Nasu injured within 2-3 minutes after he was subbed in, how unlucky was that. Reds were forced to play against 11 players with 9 players. But the ironic was Urawa played better with 9 players for most of the 2nd half.
Yesterday it was said by the Japanese press that Urawa board gave it an ultimatum to Mischa (to win the Saitama derby), but today it was announced the sacking of Petrovic.
It seems like everybody knows that Fukuda had a problem with Petrovic from the start and with current club officials but in the last Uraken+ (some sort of 'TV show') he went with something like this: journalist: Nasu got injured also, so with only Makino and Moriwaki the number of defenders doesn't seem fine... Fukuda: Makino, Moriwaki? They aren't defenders! This might sound a bit harsh but they aren't defenders. journalist: well, ehm, mm, ehm... lol, Fukuda is on fire!
Kenyu Sugimoto is currently the joint top scorer in the J-League with 13 goals in 21 games. While Urawa still struggling as they were held to 2-2 draw in Saitama derby against Omiya Ardija.
Just saw the highlights Nishikawa should be benched. Both teams' defences and goalkeeping are terrible. Urawa Reds needs a renovation (a deconstruction to be more accurate), there is no harmony between the players, no motivation and no spirit at all. The old Hiroshima boys: Kashiwagi, Nishikawa, Makino and Moriwaki should be placed on the transfer list (not to forget Tadanari Lee), they are all lazy wannabes who lacks fighting spirit, no wonder why Urawa couldn't win the title despite being the top candidate in the last couple of season.
Something needs to be done alright.Do they really need 7 good strikers in their team? Rafael Silva, Yuki Muto and Shinzo Koroki are alright, but in what ways do the likes of Zlatan, Lee and Takagi really contribute? I'm sure they are not cheap players to keep on their payroll. Way too many players in the squad imho, and this goes for other positions as well. No wonder the team spirit is that bad then, when players used to being regular starters or even stars at other clubs are almost never being used. Like Daisuke Kikuchi for example. The former Hiroshima boys are the only players at Urawa that have actually won anything, so not sure that is where the blame should be placed. And you can say a lot about Makino, but he certainly doesn't lack fighting spirit=) Moriwaki and Nishikawa however, makes too many blunders I think and should be shipped off. Abe is not the player he used to be either, and whenever Aoki plays instead it's even worse so they need a new killer volante in the midfield. That, and the defence is their biggest weakness imho. Keep Endo and Makino, but replace Nasu, Moriwaki, Abe, Aoki and Nishikawa. Maybe bring in a few REALLY good foreign players instead. They certainly got the money for it.
I hope ASAP. Great player. About Petrovic, Urawa has falled down because they didn't win anything in the end. They were the most consistent team in the last three seasons, yet they just won a J. League Cup. Some players should be sold, but only if Moriyasu isn't the successor of Petrovic. Otherwise 3-4-2-1 is staying. Let's look if Hali calls Nishikawa.
There are a lot of problems at Urawa recently, but the 3-4-2-1 is definitely not one of them. You can play well with any tactical formation, really. What matters the most is how it's implemented and executed.