Hamburger to which Sakai player belongs is ranked 17th in the league game among the remaining two games in the season, and a severe battle continues towards the first residual.

Fight against Frankfurt on the 5th in the day, Sakai entered the right sideback and started a starting match in 14 consecutive games. Sakai played not only in defense but also by reading the opponent's pass course and not only in the defense but also in the first half of the 14 minutes I showed a play which is the starting point of attack, such as giving a long pass aiming at the back of the opponent's defender. Sakai also actively rushed up the side and showed participation in the latter half, which was the lead of 0 to 1, but he could not make a chance and he took off on the way in the latter half of the 34th minute and dropped to the bench.

In addition, the same Hamburger Tatsuya Ito entered the position of aggressive midfielder and made a starting match in five consecutive games. Ito responded to the through pass in the first half 25 minutes, pulled out before the goal, shook the goal net with the shoot of the left foot, but it was the offside judgment and the initial goal for this season did not come. Ito replaced him immediately after the latter half and was only in the first half. Hamburger lost 0 to 3 in the game.

Meanwhile, Makoto Hasebe from Frankfurt was stopped and did not enter the bench.