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Consadole Batter Sorry YFC at the Sapporo Dome
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo went high octane for their 2021 J.League 1 opener as they tore apart a hapless Yokohama FC 5-1 at the Sapporo Dome on Saturday. Mihailo Petrovic's men showcased a brutal show of attacking football that left Yokohama FC devastated, with the Northerners going 4-1 up in the first half before Thai international Chanathip Songkrasin rounded off the rout with his side's fifth in the second half. Consadole showed Yokohama FC a glimpse of what's to come as they went 2-0 up within the first five minutes of the match. Yoshiaki Komai gave the hosts the lead in the 2nd minute wi...
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Ienaga At the Double as Frontale Kicks-Off J1 Defense with Win
The 2021 J.League 1 season is now officially underway and the league's opening match saw champions of the past two seasons facing-off against one another in an exciting encounter. Defending champions Kawasaki Frontale took on the challenge of 2019 champions and Kanagawa Prefecture rivals Yokohama F. Marinos at the Todoroki Athletics Stadium on Friday, with Toru Oniki's Kawasaki emerging out of the tie victorious. Veteran midfielder Akihiro Ienaga scored a first half brace as the defending champions started their title defense in the best way possible, beating Yokohama 2-0. Oniki fielded a stro...
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King Kazu Extends Contract, Set to Play Beyond 54th Birthday
Yokohama FC's very own Kazuyoshi Miura has once again signed a one-year extension on his contract with the club, ensuring that the evergreen striker would get at least one more year of professional football. The extension meant that 53-year old King Kazu is set to broke more records in the 2021 season as the J.League's oldest active player, with a possibility of him playing past his 54th birthday. Signing his contract extension on Monday, Miura relishes the prospect of embarking on his 36th year as a professional footballer. "I have renewed my contract with Yokohama FC for the 2021 season," Mi...
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Nagoya Edge Out Sanfrecce to Clinch ACL Return
Matchweek 34, the final matchweek of the 2020 J.League 1 season, was played out on Saturday. With both the league title and the runners-up spot being sealed up by Kawasaki Frontale and Gamba Osaka respectively and with no relegation for the 2020 season, the only item at stake for Saturday's matches was the league's bronze medal, which would guarantee whoever occupies it a spot in the 2021 AFC Champions League. And it was Nagoya Grampus who managed to clinch themselves 3rd place for the 2020 season, beating Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1-0 at the Toyota Stadium to secure a return to Asia's premier club ...
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Gamba Clinch ACL Spot with Yokohama FC Win
Gamba Osaka have clinched both the 2020 J.League 1 silver medal and a ticket to the 2021 AFC Champions League group stage with a 2-0 win over Yokohama FC on Wednesday. Playing their penultimate league match of the season at Yokohama FC's NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Stadium, Gamba needed a win over the hosts to ensure 2nd place in the J1 table, which they duly did so thanks to goals from Shu Kurata and Patric. With both an ACL ticket and a spot in the 2020 Emperor's Cup semifinal at stake, Gamba went into high octane straight after kick-off, with Yuki Yamamoto sending a through pass to Brazilian strik...
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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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Iwata Saves Turtles from Defeat as Reysol Are Held
Kashiwa Reysol took on Oita Trinita on Wednesday's rescheduled J.League 1 match at the Hitachi Kashiwa Stadium, with both teams hoping to redeem themselves after disappointing results over Matchweek 31. Kashiwa were beaten 1-0 at their home backyard by silver medal contenders Nagoya Grampus, while Oita were embarrassed at their Showa Denko Dome 2-0 by bottom-of-the-league Vegalta Sendai - the Turtles' second defeat in their most recent three games. The men in yellow from Chiba Prefecture almost made it three losses in four for Oita, however Tomoki Iwata was on-hand to score an 84th minute equa...
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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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Olunga On Target Once Again as Reysol Saw Off Vegalta Challenge
Tuesday December 1st saw yet another J.League 1 rescheduled match taking place, this time between bottom-of-the-league Vegalta Sendai and mid-table Kashiwa Reysol at the former's Yurtec Stadium. Kashiwa, in their third outing after their self-imposed COVID-19 enforced isolation in late October, managed to clinch their second consecutive three points after their temporary hiatus with a straightforward 2-0 win over Vegalta, with Cristiano and Kenya international Michael Olunga on the scoresheet. J1 Golden Boot-chasing Olunga did his part in creating the first goal for a dominant Kashiwa in the 2...
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Antlers Kept Push for 2nd Alive With Reds Demolition
Kashima Antlers kept their hopes of finishing 2nd in the 2020 J.League 1 table alive after thoroughly dismantling Urawa Red Diamonds 4-0 in their Matchweek 30 encounter at the Kashima Soccer Stadium on Sunday. Ayase Ueda bagged a brace as Antonio Carlos Zago's men moved up to 4th in the table, four points off current 2nd placers Gamba Osaka.Matchweek 30 were played out over the weekend of November 28th and 29th, with Saturday's action seeing Nagoya Grampus, another contender for this season's silver medal, being forced to a 0-0 draw by Oita Trinita at the Paloma Mizuho Stadium and both Sanfrec...
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