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Mitoma Clinch Domestic Double for Kawasaki
Kaoru Mitoma did what he does best on Friday's Emperor's Cup final - guide Kawasaki Frontale to victory. The 2020 J.League 1 champions completed the domestic double after winning the 2020 Emperor's Cup final, beating Gamba Osaka 1-0 at Tokyo's National Stadium. A single Mitoma goal was enough for Kawasaki to clinch their second silverware of 2020, capping off a very dominant and successful season for the side from Kanagawa Prefecture in a year affected badly by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic meant that both Kawasaki and Gamba were the only J1 sides qualified for this year's Empero...
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Lowly S-Pulse Force Newly Crowned Champions Frontale to Draw
Matchweek 31 of the 2020 J.League 1 season was played out over the weekend, with newly crowned champions Kawasaki Frontale traveling to second-from-bottom Shimizu S-Pulse on Saturday. Playing in their first match after their official coronation as 2020 champions, Kawasaki were given a rude awakening back into reality as they found themselves losing to their less-fancied opponents with only a minute to go until full-time, before Miki Yamane's 89th minute effort salvaged a solitary point from the IAI Stadium Nihondaira. With the 2020 J1 title already in the bag, Toru Oniki's Kawasaki were lookin...
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5-Star Performance from Frontale and Ienaga Clinch Them 3rd J1 Title
The inevitable has finally arrived. Kawasaki Frontale has been crowned champions of the 2020 J.League 1 season after an emphatic win in their Matchweek 29 game, dismantling 2nd placed Gamba Osaka 5-0 at the Todoroki Athletics Stadium on Wednesday to end the slim title chances of the only team mathematically capable of catching up with them. Veteran midfielder Akihiro Ienaga gave a performance worthy of a standing ovation as he bagged himself a hat-trick in the dominant demolition job.Having ruthlessly crushed virtually almost everyone left, right, and center, it seems that Kawasaki's coronatio...
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10-Man Frontale Embarrassed by Gutsy Turtles
Oita Trinita have thrown a roadblock into Kawasaki Frontale's inevitable march towards the 2020 J.League 1 title after the Turtles had stunned the runaway league leaders 1-0 in their Matchweek 28 encounter on Saturday. A first-half penalty from Naoki Nomura and a resilient defensive display ensured all three points for Tomohiro Katanosaka's Oita at the Showa Denko Dome.Kawasaki made the long trip South to Kyushu knowing that a win over mid-table Oita would clinch them their third J1 title, however they were facing a very fresh Oita side who hasn't played a match since November 3rd - partly due...
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Leaders Frontale Gets Nasty Consadole Surprise
The latest edition of the Osaka Derby was the headline match of Tuesday's J.League 1 Matchweek 26 action, however the clash between Cerezo and Gamba at the Nagai Stadium was not the standout result of said matchweek. Instead, runaway league leaders Kawasaki Frontale received a nasty surprise from Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo at their very own Todoroki Athletics Stadium, with Kawasaki slumping to a shock 2-0 defeat at the hands of the Northerners. Two quick goals in the second half was enough to kill Kawasaki off, ending their 12-match winning run.With only one defeat and two draws in their previ...
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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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