With fans increasingly calling for change after five straight losses in the J. League’s first division, FC Tokyo manager Kenta Hasegawa went into Saturday’
May 1, 2021
Ado Onaiwu’s hat trick gave Yokohama F. Marinos a comfortable 3-0 win over a frustrated FC Tokyo side on Saturday in a game played behind closed doors due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
“It was a good game for us. We worked really hard, pressed hard as a team and put them under pressure,” Marinos manager Ange Postecoglou said. “When we had the ball we were always dangerous. We scored three good goals but could have had more.”
The defeat at Ajinomoto Stadium extended Tokyo’s misery to four straight losses in the J. League’s first division, leaving Kenta Hasegawa’s side 20 points adrift of league-leading Kawasaki Frontale.
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Urawa s Takahiro Akimoto (left) and FC Tokyo s Leandro vie for the ball during their match on Saturday in Saitama. | KYODO
KYODO Feb 27, 2021
Masato Morishige netted a late equalizer Saturday as FC Tokyo salvaged a 1-1 draw and denied new Urawa Reds manager Ricardo Rodriguez a winning start to his J. League first-division career.
The opening-round match at Saitama Stadium featured two teams with their sights on the title after falling short of expectations last season.