Kawasaki Frontale extended their lead atop the standings and set a new J. League first-division record for consecutive games unbeaten Sunday with a 2-0 vic
Grampus scrambles past Cerezo with Yutaka Yoshida s fortunate goal Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Grampus goal-scorer Yutaka Yoshida (center) greets fans at Toyota Stadium after Saturday s win over Cerezo in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture. | KYODO
Kyodo May 9, 2021
A big defensive play and a lucky goal made the difference for second-place Nagoya Grampus in their 1-0 win over Cerezo Osaka in the J. League’s first division on Saturday.
In a game that looked like it would go goalless, Cerezo was denied a tremendous chance when a missed 61st-minute header rolled into the space in front of the goal. Defender Shinnosuke Nakatani, however, pounced to clear the ball.
Sanfrecce battles for draw against league-leading Frontale Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Sanfrecce s Toshihiro Aoyama (second from left) celebrates with teammate Kosei Shibasaki after Sunday s draw against Frontale in Kawasaki. | KYODO
Kyodo Apr 18, 2021
Sanfrecce Hiroshima clawed their way to a 1-1 draw against J. League first-division leader Kawasaki Frontale on Sunday, with Tsukasa Morishima equalizing midway through the second half to cancel out Akihiro Ienaga’s opener.
The stalemate at Kawasaki’s Todoroki Stadium snapped a four-game winning streak for undefeated J1 champion Frontale, who failed to take three points for just the second time this season.
Soccer: Hosts Japan thrash Panama 7-0 in women s int l friendly
April 11, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Yuika Sugasawa (9) scores the first goal for Japan s national women s soccer team, Nadeshiko Japan, in a 7-0 friendly win over Panama at Tokyo s National Stadium on April 11, 2021. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) J-League first division champions Kawasaki Frontale outclassed FC Tokyo 4-2 in their Tamagawa Clasico game at Tokyo s Ajinomoto Stadium on Sunday behind an early brace from Akihiro Ienaga. Leandro Damiao twice set up Ienaga and scored one of his own, while dynamo Kaoru Mitoma scored the league leaders third in the heated rivalry between teams whose stadiums sit a few kilometers apart on either side of the Tama River.