2010.03.06
Kashima, Good Start for 2010 J.League. Kashima 2. Urawa 0. in Kashima

Kashima proved their high-quality finished form from the opening game. Urawa Reds wished to revenge for the defeat in their home on the last match of 2009 to let Kashima win, but Kashima still gets a good lead. Their play has no waste and they know the time to play.

This is the introduction of Volker Finke's second year of Urawa Reds. Hiroshima's talent Kashiwagi is joined and they make progress in the posesstion soccer, I believe.
"This match is very dense and has high quality. Two teams presented interesting match", said Finke after the match. I am afraid that some supporters start stopping to understand these objective analysis, of course I will give support for Volker's team management.
"Reds wish to go on their style that made this match dynamic and interesting", said home team coach Oswaldo Oliveira. He followed "I told my players that we only have to use Reds' style against them". On the contrary, Finke's command was quite aggressive that in the second half he threw a striker in a defensive midfiler out, and another attaker in a stopper out. This was a strong message from Finke. I am very intersted in when will Volker's boys produce mass goals.