Upcoming J-League action

Since this blog started recently and many of you are unfamiliar with the J-League I thought it best to give you a brief look at this weekends schedule and provide special notation of important domestic players to watch. Please note, this is just a start so don’t be upset if I left a favourite player off the list. I’ll expand on it greatly (and maybe someone will start a fan page of one the J-Leagues top players) but I thought it would be a good start and it’ll also tie into those who pay special interest to the international scene.

The top five clubs of the table (Nagoya Grampus, Kashima Antlers,Urawa Red Diamonds,Oita Trinita,Kawasaki Frontale) are locked in a tight race and anything can happen in the balance. The FC Tokyo – Kawasaki Frontale match being could be the most influential in the table should the Tokyo club pull-off an upset or hold Kawasaki Frontale to a draw.

Oita Trinita @ Tokyo Verdy 1969
Players to watch:
Shusaku Nishikawa (Oita Trinita) GK
Daiki Takamatsu (Oita Trinita) S
Masashi Oguro (Tokyo Verdy 1969) S

JEF United Ichihara-Chiba @ Consadole Sapporo
players to watch:
Seiichiro Maki (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) S

Kashima Antlers @ Kashiwa Reyso
Players to watch:
Atsuto Uchida (Kashima Antlers) D
Daiki Iwamasa (Kashima Antlers) MF
Masahiko Inoha (Kashima Antlers) MF

Yokohama F. Marinos @ Jubilo Iwata
Key players to watch:
Ryoichi Maeda (Jubilo Iwata) S

Shimizu S-Pulse @ Vissel Kobe
Players to watch:
Naoaki Aoyama (Shimizu S-Pulse) D

FC Tokyo @ Kawasaki Frontale
Players to watch:
Shingo Akamine (FC Tokyo) S
Yasuyuki Konno (FC Tokyo) M
Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo) D
Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale) MF
Yuhei Tokunaga (FC Tokyo) D
Satoru Yamagishi (Kawasaki Frontale) MF
Eiji Kawashima (Kawasaki Frontale) GK
Shuhei Terada (Kawasaki Frontale) D

Albirex Niigata @ Nagoya Grampus
Players to watch:
Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus) GK
Keiji Tamada (Nagoya Grampus) S
Naoshi Nakamura (Nagoya Grampus) MF

Urawa Red Diamonds @ Omiya Ardija
Players to watch:
Ryōta Tsuzuki (Urawa Red Diamonds) K
Keisuke Tsuboi (Urawa Red Diamonds) MF
Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Urawa Red Diamonds) D
Yuki Abe (Urawa Red Diamonds) D
Tatsuya Tanaka (Urawa Red Diamonds) S
Naohiro Takahara (Urawa Red Diamonds) S

Gamba Osaka @ Kyoto Purple Sanga
Players to watch:
Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka) MF
Akira Kaji (Gamba Osaka) D
Ryuji Bando (Gamba Osaka) S
Hiroki Mizumoto (Kyoto Purple Sanga on-loan from Gamba / excluded from match) D

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