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J-League week 30 summary
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It appears that the J-League championship race is going to go down to the final week, as with four matches to go there are seven clubs within six points. Fulfilling the promise that we would see a number of surprises FC Tokyo snatched victory from table leaders Kashima Antlers 3-2 in a shocking defeat. [...]
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Shunsuke Nakamura is coming home
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I had been waiting on this one for a bit but after confirming, the deal to bring Blue Samurai Shunsuke Nakamura of home to play for Yokohama F. Marinos is said to be “done.”
Shunsuke started his professional career Yokohama Marinos in 1997 (upon the 1999 merger with Yokohama Flügels added the “F” prefix to [...]
Category: J League News5 weeks to go
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This five weeks to go in the J-League the title race has broken up slightly with the Kashima Antlers holding a narrow lead over Ōita and Nagoya. If there is one thing we’ve since the summer is that each week we’ll see a number of upsets, JEF United will shock everyone, the Red Diamonds look [...]
Category: J League NewsYasuhito Endo carries Gamba Osaka to victory
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After taking a 1-0 lead into the half the Urawa Red Diamonds were upset 3-1 by Gamba Osaka at Saitama Stadium on the strength of a stunning performance by Japan international Yasuhito Endo. This catapults Gamba into the final against Adelaide United of the A-League in the finals of the AFC Champions League.
The Red Diamonds [...]
Category: J League News“visualise scoring a second goal against Urawa”
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“Visualise scoring a second goal against Urawa” was Gamba Osaka manager’s Akira Nishino comments to his players prior to yesterdays practice.
After drawing in the first leg, Gamba heads to Saitama Stadium with their manager seeing the game to be decided by more than one goal:
“I don’t think the game will end 0-0 or 1-0, I [...]
Category: J League NewsMarcus Tulio Tanaka states the obvious
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Urawa Red Diamonds talismanic center-back Marcus Tulio Tanaka stated prior to their clash against Gamba Osaka in the second leg of the AFC Champions League that:
“This is an important game because this is our chance to prove we are worthy champions. You can’t compare this with the J.League.”
The Nippon Daihyo in acknowledging the Red [...]
Category: J League NewsJ-League week 29 summary
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With only five weeks left in the J-League season, week 29 will be known for it a number of critical upsets, most notably Kawasaki Frontale’s loss and Nagoya Grampus Eight continued fall as they were held to a draw by mid-table Yokohama F. Marinos.
Kashima Antlers 2
Kyoto Sanga F.C. 1
The Antlers narrowly escaped with a [...]
Category: J League NewsJ-League upcoming week 29
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After the international break the J-League gets underway. With only six matches left in the season the race for the championship is extremely close with seven clubs within six points of each other. On the other end of the table is one of the most exciting, if not perplexing relegation battles.
With the bottom two clubs [...]
Category: J League NewsUrawa Red Diamonds to miss three in AFC Champions League
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The Urawa Red Diamonds will be without Hajime Hosogai, Ryota Tsuzuki and Takahito Soma in the second leg of the AFC Champions League semi-finals against Gamba Osaka on October 22 due to card suspensions. With the first leg level at one their absences will definitely impact the Red Diamonds plans, particularly with the exclusion of [...]
Category: J League NewsGamba – Reds play to 1-1 draw
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Gamba Osaka squeezed out a 1-1 draw at home against Urawa Red Diamonds in the opening leg of the AFC Champions League on a late goal by Endo Yashuito. Hajime Hosoga netted a rare goal at the twenty-second minute mark from the area to give the Red Diamonds the lead. The Red Diamonds dictated a [...]
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