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Gert Engels days numbered with Urawa Red Diamonds
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Sports Nippon has reported that manager Gert Engels will be let go by the Urawa Red Diamonds at the conclusion of the season. The daily quoted Engels:
“I was told that I will have no contract for next season. I must just accept it because of the differences in how we think.”
Urawa let go Holger Osieck [...]
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Tags: Gamba Osaka, Gert Engels, Holger Osieck, J League News, SC Freiburg, Urawa Red Diamonds, Volker FinkeJ-League week 32 summary
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With only two weeks left to go in the J-League season the Kashima Antlers looks poised to win the championship with a two-point advantage over Nagoya Grampus. The Antlers defeated Ōita 1-0 with Blue Samurai Atsuto Uchida goal ten minutes after the break. With the hardware in sight, Antlers coach Oswaldo Oliveira said:
“Although the score [...]
Category: J League NewsJ-League stars lead Blue Samurai to victory
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Lead by goals from Urawa Red Diamonds Tatsuya Tanaka and Marcus Tulio Tanaka and Nagoya Grampus Keiji Tamada, Japan defeated Qatar 3-0 in World Cup qualifying. Takeshi Okada’s Blue Samurai opened the scoring at the nineteenth minute as twenty year-old Atsuto Uchida (Kashima Antlers) crossed to Tatsuya Tanaka (Urawa Red Diamonds) who nutted Qatar ‘keeper [...]
Category: J League NewsGamba Osaka with AFC Champions League
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Gamba Osaka won AFC Champions League with a flourish defeating A-League’s Adelaide United 2-0 at Hindmarsh Stadium. A capacity crowd, dressed in red to support their home team’s efforts were quickly silenced as Gamba displayed a fervor to score immediately. Blue Samurai Yasuhito Endō led Gamba as a whirlwind in the midfield and at the [...]
Category: J League NewsAdelaide – Gamba Osaka AFC Champions League final
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Only a few hours away from the second leg of the AFC Champions League final, Gamba Osaka heads into Hindmarsh Stadium to face Adelaide United with a strong three goal advantage. Adelaide coach Aurelio Vidmar goes into the match without ‘keeper Eugene Galekovic because of suspension and will have seventeen year-old Mark Birighitti between the [...]
Category: J League NewsKazumichi Takagi and Ryuta Tsuzuki called up for Blue Samurai
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Due to recent injuries Takeshi Okada has called Shimizu S-Pulse defender Kazumichi Takagi and Urawa Red Diamonds ‘keeper Ryuta Tsuzuki to the Blue Samurai for the upcoming friendly against Syria.
Category: J League Newsdoes anyone want to win the championship?
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With only three matches remaining in the J-League season another round of upsets tightened up the race even more and left you wondering if anyone really wants to win the championship.
In possibly the biggest surprise of the weekend, table leaders Kashima Antlers were held to a scoreless draw by relegation threatened Albirex Niigata. It is [...]
Category: J League NewsJ-League is finally back with week 31
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After a week off from J-League matches, play returns in week 31. The premier match of the weekend is FC Tokyo’s visit of Gamba Osaka which will go a long way to deciding if either club can qualify for next years AFC Champions League. With the following matches listed below (home team in bold), [...]
Category: J League NewsSeigo Narazaki out
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Nagoya Grampus announced today that their thirty-two year-old goalkeeper Seigo Narazaki will be out with an ankle injury he suffered on the training grounds. This also means the Blue Samurai capped will miss the key World Cup qualifier against Qatar the 19th of November. The is a critical loss for Grampus as the J-League Championship [...]
Category: J League NewsGamba humbles Adelaide United 3-0
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In the opening leg of the AFC Champions League, Gamba Osaka devastated Adelaide United 3-0 at Expo ’70 with the Aussies offering little opposition. The normally tight marking Adelaide United were no match for Gamba and their midfield easily dissected in a match that seemed to be over sometime after the opening whistle. After a [...]
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