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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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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...
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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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