V-Varen Nagasaki visits the capital of Japan to face FC Tokyo, meeting them in the Japanese Emperor's Cup. A winner of this game will advance to the round of sixteen. Tokyo is coming from a 2-0 away loss against Shonan, the hosts' first defeat after going unbeaten for five consecutive games. Tokyo is one of the best home sides in the Japanese top flight, losing only one match on this field in 2022. In the previous round of this competition, the hosts come from a 2-0 victory over Fuji University, while the guests come from a minimal 1-0 win over Kagoshima United. Nagasaki has hopes of returning to the first division after playing just one season there in 2018. V-Varen saw a third-place finish in 2020 and a fourth-place finish in 2021, barely missing a promotion. This year, the visitors are fifth in the second tier, but with the new playoff system, there is the hope of earning a promotion.

FC Tokyo led by the Spanish manager Albert Puig Ortoneda finds itself in seventh place in J1 League, playing quite decently since the new manager took charge of this squad. Scoring eighteen and conceding sixteen goals, the hosts gathered twenty-five points this season. Winning their previous two home matches, Ortoneda's men are confident about also prevailing here. There is no doubt Tokyo will like to win the most prestigious cup in Japanese football, which they already did back in 2011. For the upcoming duel, the hosts will miss Akihiro Hayashi, while Nagasaki misses Tsubasa Kasayanagi and Ken Tokura.

Takeo Harada's men continue a four-game winning streak, coming from a 2-0 win over Kusatsu. Still, the strength of Nagasaki's opponents is nowhere near the level of FC Tokyo, which is a standard J1 League side for the last twenty years. I expect the hosts to win here, considering everything stated above. Good luck!

长崎迎战 FC东京，在日本天皇杯中与他们相遇。这场比赛的获胜者将晋级十六强。东京客场0-2负于湘南，这是东道主连续五场不败后的首场失利。东京是日本顶级联赛中最好的主场球队之一，2022年本场比赛只输过一场。在上一轮比赛中，东道主来自2-0战胜富士大学，而客人来自1-0小胜鹿儿岛联。长崎有希望在 2018 年在那里只打了一个赛季后重返甲级联赛。V-Varen 在 2020 年获得第三名，在 2021 年获得第四名，几乎没有错过晋级机会。今年，客队在日乙排名第五，但在新的季后赛制度下，晋级是有希望的。

由西班牙主帅阿尔伯特·普伊格·奥托内达率领的东京FC在 J1 中排名第七，自从新任经理掌管这支球队以来，表现相当不错。主队本赛季打进 18 球，丢了 16 球，得到 25 分。赢得了他们之前的两场主场比赛，奥托内达的球队有信心在这里也取得胜利。毫无疑问，东京希望赢得日本足坛最负盛名的杯赛，他们早在 2011 年就已经做到了。在即将到来的对决中，主队将缺少林明弘，而长崎将错过笠柳翼和德仓健。

长崎在 2-0 战胜东京绿茵之后继续保持四连胜。尽管如此，长崎对手的实力远不及FC东京，后者是过去20年的标准J1联赛球队。考虑到上述所有内容，我预测主队获胜。祝你好运！