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COVID Cases at Gamba Forces Grampus Tie to be Postponed

With the rest of the J.League 1 playing J.League Cup matches in the midweek, the stage was set for the league's four AFC Champions League qualifiers to face-off against one another in two rescheduled J1 matches. However, as Kawasaki Frontale are set to face Cerezo Osaka on Wednesday evening at the Todoroki Athletics Stadium, the match between Nagoya Grampus against Gamba Osaka, due to be played at the same time at Nagoya's Toyota Stadium, was postponed until an unspecified date after cases of COVID-19 were detected at the Gamba camp. Concerns were raised in regards of the Nagoya-Gamba match wh...

Kobayashi Settles Dramatic Super Cup Tie with Late Winner

Kawasaki Frontale have proven themselves to be the team to beat for the upcoming 2021 J.League 1 season after they claimed the 2021 Japanese Super Cup title on Saturday, edging out Gamba Osaka 3-2 at the Saitama Stadium 2002 in an exciting and dramatic encounter. Kaoru Mitoma picked off from where he had left off in 2020 and started his 2021 season with a bang, scoring a brace to ensure Kawasaki would have a a healthy lead coming into half-time. Gamba did not go down without a fight though and they soon came back from two goals down to draw the tie 2-2. With extra time looming, Kansai hearts w...