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OPINION: Reacting to 2020 J.League 1 Predictions
Football Tribe Asia's Krishna Sadhana reflects on the predictions that he made for the recently-concluded 2020 J.League 1 season. Before the start of the 2020 J1 season, Krishna made three prediction articles of the season and now with the dust settled and Kawasaki Frontale being crowned champions, it's time to compare Krishna's predictions with the real life results - how did he get on? Did he get most of his predictions right? Or did Krishna messed up his predictions? Before the start of the 2020 J.League 1 season, I took the liberty of predicting how the league would pan out after 34 round ...
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Gasmen Edge Reysol to Clinch J.League Cup Title
The 2020 Japanese football season has finally come to a close on Monday with the final of the 2020 J.League Cup, which pits two Greater Tokyo Area teams in Tokyo-based FC Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture-based Kashiwa Reysol at the National Stadium. The match, which was supposed to be held in early November but postponed due to Kashiwa's brush with COVID-19, was won by FC Tokyo thanks to a decisive second half strike from Brazilian striker Adailton, with the Gasmen winning their third J.League Cup title. Both Kenta Hasegawa of FC Tokyo and Nelsinho Baptista of Kashiwa went all out for Monday's final...
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Gasmen Celebrate Return to J1 Action with Win Over Sanfrecce
Saturday saw the 2020 J.League 1 season play out it's 32nd matchweek and in a round of footballing action that was quite low-key, one result of note was FC Tokyo returning into domestic action after their exploits in the 2020 AFC Champions League with a hard-fought 1-0 home win over Sanfrecce Hiroshima - a second half goal from Hotaka Nakamura being the decisive blow. Kenta Hasegawa's men returned from Qatar with the heartbreak from their round of 16 elimination from the ACL at the hands of Beijing Sinobo Guoan still stinging and with Sanfrecce awaiting them at the Ajinomoto Stadium on Saturda...
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Gasmen Succumb to Ulsan Comeback as Marinos Seal Last 16 Ticket
J.League 1 sides FC Tokyo and Yokohama F. Marinos had contrasting results on their AFC Champions League group stage Matchweek 5 action, as the former succumbed to a 2-1 loss at the hands of Ulsan Hyundai of South Korea on Monday while the latter managed to romp their way to a 4-1 victory over fellow South Korean powerhouses Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors on Tuesday. The defeat meant that FC Tokyo's chances of qualifying to the knockouts were delayed until the last matchweek of the group stages, while Yokohama's comprehensive victory knocked Jeonbuk out of the ACL while at the same time ensuring last 1...
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Hanchao Penalty Downs the Gasmen
FC Tokyo resumed their 2020 AFC Champions League campaign on the wrong footing on Tuesday as the Gasmen succumbed to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Shanghai Greenland Shenhua at the Education City Stadium at Al-Rayyan, Qatar. Kenta Hasegawa's charges were undone in the 71st minute with Yu Hanchao's penalty kick the decider between the two teams.Having beaten Perth Glory and drawn with Ulsan Hyundai all the way back in February, FC Tokyo were faced with the challenge of Shenhua, who kicked-off their ACL campaign with a 2-1 victory over Perth on November 18th before succumbing to a 3-1 loss at the...
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Last Minute Mateus Penalty Snuffs Out the Gasmen
High-flying Nagoya Grampus managed to win their seventh consecutive home game in dramatic fashion on Sunday, edging FC Tokyo 1-0 at the Toyota Stadium to leapfrog the Gasmen into 3rd in the J.League 1 table. Nagoya managed to emerge victorious in their Matchweek 27 encounter thanks to a last-gasp penalty from Brazilian striker Mateus.Despite losing their mid-week rescheduled match 2-0 at Sanfrecce Hiroshima on Wednesday, Nagoya had turned their stadiums in Aichi Prefecture as virtual fortresses, winning six consecutive home games at either the Toyota Stadium or the Paloma Mizuho Stadium. That ...
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Kengo Nakamura Celebrates 40th Birthday with Winning Goal, Announces Retirement Afterwards
October 31st 2020 was a date to remember for Kawasaki Frontale's very own living legend Kengo Nakamura. The 40-year old evergreen midfielder capped off four decades of being alive by scoring the match-winning goal in Kawasaki's J.League 1 Matchweek 25 outing on Saturday, with his team edging out Tamagawa Clasico rivals FC Tokyo 2-1 at the Todoroki Athletics Stadium. The derby win meant that Kawasaki have won their last 12 J1 games, cementing their position at the league's summit.Making the short trip across the Tama River to the Todoroki, FC Tokyo were determined to set things straight having ...
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