Players held a press conference before the "Super Cup", where the soccer J1 champion and the team that won the Emperor's Cup will play on the 11th, J2, Ventforet, who challenge last season's J1 champion Yokohama F. Marinos Kofu captain SUGAI Hidehiro enthusiastically said, "I want to prove that J2 is also a high level team."
The "Super Cup", the first official match of the J League season, is a match between the previous season's J1 champion and the team that won the Emperor's Cup. J2's Ventforet, who won the cup, will play at the National Stadium in Tokyo on the 11th.
Prior to this, the players of both teams held an online interview, and Sugai, the captain of Ventforet, who will be participating for the second time as a J2 team since Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 2008, said, "We will fight with a challenger spirit. I don't want people to think that we won the Emperor's Cup by chance, and I want to prove that the level of J2 is high."
On the other hand, F. Marinos player Kota Watanabe said, "It's important that we concentrate on our football and show our usual performance. That doesn't change no matter who the opponent is. We are determined to win." bottom.
This match will be the first time for J.
Regarding this, Watanabe said, "The cheering of the supporters gives me strength and leads to a better performance than usual. I'm really looking forward to it."