Avispa have already got their name written on the J2 title for next season. Our results from pre-season: vs. Fukuoka University 5 - 0 (Jogo, Sakata 2, Takahashi 2) vs. Institute for Fitness 6 - 1 (Sueyoshi, Sakata, Ushinohama, Ishizu 3,) vs. Tochigi SC 1 - 1 (Takahashi) vs. Volca Kagoshima 0 - 4 vs. Yokohama F Marinos 1 - 0 (Naruoka) vs. Fukuoka Education Uni 5 - 0 (Koga, Jogo, Yoshihara, Son 2) Play Oita in Oita tomorrow.
It was played on the same day as the Marinos game and I think they played an entirely reserve line-up, with a bunch of players who were probably a bit peeved at not getting to play in what is likely to be considered the first team. Having said that they probably didn't do themselves too many favours about getting closer to the first team by getting beat 4-0.