Monday 6
April 2009
Late drama
was the order of the day in an exciting weekend of action in J1, as Albirex
Niigata moved clear at the top with a 2-1 victory at home to Yokohama F
Marinos. The visitors, who are yet to win a single game this season, had looked
set to come away with a well-deserved point after Yuzo Kurihara had cancelled
out Marcio Richardes’ opener, but their hopes were destroyed when Kisho Yano finished
off a 93rd minute breakaway to take Albirex up to ten points from
four games.
Hot on
their heels are the reigning champions, Kashima Antlers, who were given a real
scare on Saturday at home to Kyoto Sanga. Despite remaining under the cosh for
most of the match, Diego’s well-taken opener had put the away side on course
for an unlikely victory, until the game turned with ten minutes to play
following a second yellow card for Yuto Sato. Seizing the momentum, Kashima
first equalised through Ryuta Sasaki, before Shinzo Koroki completed the
recovery with a scrambled winner in the final minute.
Omiya
Ardija thought they had stolen the points away to 10-man Kashiwa Reysol with a
Tomoya Uchida strike on 89 minutes, before an even later reply from Masahiro Koga
ensured that both teams would retain their unbeaten records. FC Tokyo added to
the misery of bottom club Jubilo Iwata with a Shingo Akamine winner eight
minutes from time, while Masaru Akiba netted with just four minutes left
against JEF United Chiba to continue Montedio Yamagata’s excellent start to the
campaign.
Kawasaki
Frontale picked up three points for the first time this season in Saturday’s
highest profile encounter, as they quickly recovered from Magnum’s opener to
record a convincing 3-1 win over fellow ACL contenders Nagoya Grampus. Gamba
Osaka were held 2-2 at home by Sanfrecce Hiroshima despite a stunning opener
from Cho Jae-Jin, Urawa Reds ended a week of boardroom unrest with a 1-0
victory over Oita Trinita, while Shimizu S-Pulse won by the same score away to
Vissel Kobe.
J1
results (matchday 4)
Gamba Osaka
2-2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Kashima
Antlers 2-1 Kyoto Sanga
Kawasaki
Frontale 3-1 Nagoya Grampus
Urawa Reds
1-0 Oita Trinita
Albirex
Niigata 2-1 Yokohama F Marinos
Kashiwa
Reysol 2-2 Omiya Ardija
Jubilo
Iwata 0-1 FC Tokyo
Montedio
Yamagata 1-0 JEF United Chiba
Vissel Kobe
0-1 Shimizu S-Pulse
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