On August 9, the qualifier of Emperor's Cup took place at City Light Stadium. Next faced Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC, who belong to Chugoku regional league. Mizushima FC is a formidable rival for Fagiano, because the club has played in Japan Football League before.
The match was certainly sharp contest. During the first half, Okayama lost a goal. Later, the red-uniformed club struggled to equalized the game. After the interval, Next's attacker, Kamijo stroke an equalizer, but both teams were unable to finalize the match by the end of second half, therefore the match went into overtime, however, the score remained unchanged. As a result, the match ended in a tie after the regulation playing time.
At penalty shoot-out, a young goal keeper, Kiwada made strenuous efforts. It took longer and the last kicker, 11th men was Kiwada, himself. Fagiano barely made a narrow victory, being successfully qualified for the representative of Okayama prefecture.
On August 29, at the first round of the Emperor's Cup, Fagiano Okayama Next face Tokushima Vortis at Pocarisweat Stadium. They are expected to make an upset victory.
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