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Surprises in the J-League
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With the J-League on hiatus will June 19, it is time for a general re-cap of the first twelve weeks. If there is a surprise, it certainly isn’t that the Kashima Antlers appear to be running away from the league with Urawa Red Diamonds are in hot pursuit but the collapse of Ōita and rise [...]
Category: J League Newsweek 6 summary
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The J-League week six action concluded with Kashima Antlers and Urawa locked at the top of the table but still Ōita struggling to get out of the basement.
The Antlers were disappointed at home as they played Yokohama F. Marinos to a scoreless draw with the visitors creating the majority of scoring opportunities. The drop allowed [...]
Category: J League NewsJ-League week 5 report
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Week 5 of the J-League came to an end with none other than the Kashima Antlers once again occupying the top spot. The Antlers defeated FC Tokyo as they put up two goals in the first quarter of an hour. Last years league MVP Marquinhos opened the scoring in the opening minute with a drive [...]
Category: J League NewsJ-League week 4
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Albirex Niigata continued their unbeaten streak as they defeated troubled Yokohama F. Marinos 2-1 on a last gasp goal by Kisho Yano. After Marcio Richardes gave the host side Niigata the lead eight minutes before the break as he headed in Gilton’s cross, Yuzo Kurihara squared the match three minutes before the hour. However in [...]
Category: J League NewsJ-League week 3
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Only in the third week of the J-League season, the action has already picked up with a series of close fought matches and surprising upsets.
Defending champions Kashima Antlers beat Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-1 with a last minute goal by Blue Samurai Shinzo Koroki. Oswaldo de Oliveira’s men opened the scoring quarter of the hour as [...]
Category: J League NewsAFC Champions League for J-League clubs
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J-League teams started their AFC Champions League run with solid results as three of the four combatants were victorious.
Nagoya Grampus came from behind to defeat Korean side Ulsan Hyundai 3-1. After Ulsan Hyundai took the lead twenty-five minutes in through the first-half as Cho Jin-soo redirected Yeom Ki-hun corner from close range. Eight minutes after [...]
Category: J League NewsJ-League week 1 update
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The final two matches of the opening week of the J-League season concluded Sunday with Kyoto Purple Sanga defeating Vissel Kobe on defender Daigo Watanabe’s goal eight minutes before the half and Omiya Ardija and Shimizu S-Pulse playing to a scoreless draw.
Please drop by next week for coverage on the following matches:
Kashima Antlers @ [...]
Category: J League Newsfirst week action in J-League
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The new J-League season got underway with a number of surprises.
The Kashima Antlers started where they left off with a 2 – 0 victory over Urawa Red Diamonds in Kashima. Veteran Takuya Nozawa gave the defending champions the lead midway of the half with last years league MVP Marquinhos scoring the second seven minutes [...]
Category: J League NewsKashima Antlers start year off right
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With the J-League season nearing, the Kashima Antlers started the season off right with a 3-0 defeat of Gamba Osaka at Tokyo National Stadium to win the 2009 Super Cup. After an early Gamba attack, Oswaldo de Oliveira’s side found composure and Blue Samurai Shinzo Koroki netted the first goal only six minutes into the [...]
Category: J League NewsShinji Okazaki and Tatsuya Tanaka lead Blue Samurai to victory
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Takeshi Okada’s valiant decision to field an entire J-League lineup pulled through as in-front of our 30,000 supporters the Blue Samurai defeated Yemen 2-1 in the opening match of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualifying.
Prior to the match, Japan’s manager had taken a very aggressive stance in utilizing an entire lineup from the J-League, given [...]
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