INAC Kobe Leonessa facing their kryptonite once again.

After Sanfrecce costing Jordi Ferron's INAC's league title last season and the two losses this season INAC's head coach Tomomi Miyamoto needs to finally find a way to beat Sanfrecce.

Obvious: Sanfrecce's fast counters can't be defended.

─ What will be the key point against Verdy?
🎙️Skibbe:
"To score goals."

"Verdy have a stable central defence, a good goalkeeper and they defend as one. They also have the momentum to counter and push forward, so we have to be very careful." #sanfrecce 3/3

🎙️Skibbe: "Against Kobe, we played really good football in the second half and conceded a goal at the end (through an own goal). The next game will also start 0-0, so I told the players: 'We are creating chances, so let's make sure we capitalize on them." #sanfrecce 2/3

🎙️Skibbe: "The J.League is still difficult every match. We have to acknowledge Shimizu have their own qualities. We want to make sure we don't let them perform the good ones, but on the contrary, show those good qualities ourselves." #sanfrecce 3/3

🎙️Skibbe: "What is important is what kind of football we want to play and how we play it. We need to play to our strengths and not let our opponents play to theirs. When we can do that, I think three points will follow." #sanfrecce 2/3

--Tomorrow is August 6th, marking 80 years since the atomic bombing.

🎙️Skibbe: "What could be called the saddest day in the world happened in Hiroshima on August 6th, and then in Nagasaki. I would like to send some kind of message about that to the whole world." 3/3 #sanfrecce

🎙️Skibbe: "Shimizu has a lot of fast players up front, and they use their quick attacks and good combinations. We have to be careful of that, and we also have to be wary of their counterattacks." #sanfrecce 2/3