Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager Hajime Moriyasu has urged his team to forget last year's historic J. League title triumph and start afresh in Saturday's 2013 season curtain-raising Xerox Super Cup match against Kashiwa Reysol.
Sanfrecce upset the favorites to win their first-ever championship last season, clinching the silverware with a week to spare before going on to finish seven points clear of second-place Vegalta Sendai.
But Moriyasu has warned his players not to let success go to their heads as they prepare for the defense of their title, urging them to lay down a marker against Emperor's Cup-winners Reysol at National Stadium ahead of next weekend's season opener.