89th Emperor's Cup - Fukuoka is out of race

We lost to J.League champion Kashima Antlers in the 3rd round of the 89th Emperor's Cup with 3:0. We lost the game in the first half, when Kashima scored all their goals in the first 45 minutes.
The hurdle was a bit to high for us, so we won't have the chance to take revange to Vissel Kobe for the lose in the playoffs back in season 2006.
We lost against the current and maybe the new champion, so the team shouldn't be to dissapointed.
Kurobe and Suzuki said after the game that it wasn't easy to play the second half with a 0:3-behind, so they can't play their game they wanted to play.
Now they want to concentrate on the last 4 games in the J2 and want to reach the last goal this season: to finish on 10th place.

The Fukuoka University wasn't luckier than the big guys from the city.
The Daigaku-guys lost to Gamba Osaka at Banpaku with 6:1. The good news is, that Kensuke Nagai scored the only goal for his team and showed his skills against a much bigger team again.