2019 AFC Champions League

Discussion in 'Japanese Club Football' started by Samurai Warrior, Apr 10, 2019.

  1. Samurai Warrior

    Samurai Warrior Member+

    Dec 2, 2008
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
  2. HTCONEM8

    HTCONEM8 Member+

    AC Milan
    May 16, 2014
    Club:
    AC Milan
    Is it because Sanfrecce fans aren't that sure their team will do good in the ACL? As far as I remeber, Sanfrecce was not that impressive in their previous ACL campaigns.
     
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  3. Samurai Warrior

    Samurai Warrior Member+

    Dec 2, 2008
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    Perhaps.
     
  4. nipponbasse83

    nipponbasse83 Member+

    Jun 17, 2007
    Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
    Club:
    Consadole Sapporo
    Nat'l Team:
    Norway
    And also because they don't have a big fanbase. Despite being one of the most successful teams in J1 the past years they have for most of the time had an average attendance around 15 000 which is among the absolute lowest in J1. Around 17 700 is the highest when they won the league in 2012 but the past 2 seasons they've been around 13 800 - 14 000. So seems most people in Hiroshima only care about The Carps.

    And of course, playing on a weekday is not a good thing either as most salarymen can't make it to the stadium in time for kick-off, and we saw in their Friday Night J1-match vs Iwata in R3 too when they only drew around 7000. And even against Keisuke Honda and Melbourne Victory they only had 8900.
     
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  5. HTCONEM8

    HTCONEM8 Member+

    AC Milan
    May 16, 2014
    Club:
    AC Milan
    Interestingly, Sanfrecce fared better this round of the ACL 2019 than the other Japanese representatives. So disappointed at Kashima's home loss.
     
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  6. Samurai Warrior

    Samurai Warrior Member+

    Dec 2, 2008
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    ... and Sanfrecce is the first Japanese team to qualify to the knockout stages, and as the top team of their group.
     
  7. HTCONEM8

    HTCONEM8 Member+

    AC Milan
    May 16, 2014
    Club:
    AC Milan
    The titleholders, Kashima suffered an unexpected loss against Johor Darul Takzim.
    They're still in 2nd place, though.
     
  8. JCSF

    JCSF New Member

    May 10, 2019
    Does anyone knows of any football clubs looking for players? I've got some fantastic players. I just need to get in touch with serious clubs and a serious license agents. Kindly let me know by texting me directly on here. Thanks.
     
  9. Samurai Warrior

    Samurai Warrior Member+

    Dec 2, 2008
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    Where are these players from?
     
  10. Samurai Warrior

    Samurai Warrior Member+

    Dec 2, 2008
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    So Kashima secured their qualification to the last 16, after a brace from Sho Ito gave them a win over Shandong Luneng.


    Now they will face Sanfrecce Hiroshima in an all Japanese last 16 tie, while Urawa will face Ulsan Hyundai.

    It is a shame that Kawasaki did not manage to qualify to the knockout stages, and I believe they were unfortunate to draw at home against both Shanghai and Ulsan, as if they won one of these matches they would have been qualified.

    So, here we go, we are at least guaranteed to have one Japanese team in the QFs.
     
  11. HTCONEM8

    HTCONEM8 Member+

    AC Milan
    May 16, 2014
    Club:
    AC Milan
    If only Kashima didn't lose against minnows Johor they would've secured 1st place and avoided Sanfrecce.
    Anyways, good luck to all Japanese teams. I don't think the Korean and Chinese teams are that good this season except maybe for Jeonbuk.
     
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  12. Gordon1995

    Gordon1995 Member+

    Oct 3, 2013
    #12 Gordon1995, May 22, 2019
    Last edited: May 22, 2019
    Watched a bit of Kashima's 2nd half near the end. Was surprised at how well they were dealing with Shandong's long balls. Machida is pretty good in the air. He could follow in the footsteps of Ueda/Shoji and leave to Europe 1-2 seasons later imo but first he needs to improve further.

    Kashima seems to be producing a few good CB options for the JNT lately.
     
  13. JCSF

    JCSF New Member

    May 10, 2019
    EU and Non EU
     
  14. Samurai Warrior

    Samurai Warrior Member+

    Dec 2, 2008
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    I can’t blame Kashima, they are doing great in both the league and ACL based on their injury problems.

    If any other Japanese team was in their shoes they would have been in the relegation zone in the league and knocked out of the ACL.
     
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  15. nipponbasse83

    nipponbasse83 Member+

    Jun 17, 2007
    Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
    Club:
    Consadole Sapporo
    Nat'l Team:
    Norway
    Nice answer mate. You couldn't possibly be any less specific than that.

    EU and Non EU means they can be from just about anywhere in the world.

    If your players are that good, they would have an agent already (heck, even I had an agent and I never made it past semi-pro).

    Perhaps it's time for a reality-check and to stop hanging around on forums copy and paste'ing the same generic text? If you honestly believe that anyone would take you seriously by doing that in 2019 you are delusional. At the very least, in today's smartphone age where pretty much everyone has a camera, you should be able to post some video highlights etc.

    This might come off a bit rude to some, but you're not showing much respect the other way either mate so it's all on you.
     
  16. Samurai Warrior

    Samurai Warrior Member+

    Dec 2, 2008
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    Kashima made it to the quarterfinals after knocking out Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the last 16 on away goals.

    Crazy match in Hiroshima that could have end either way, a disallowed goal for Hiroshima while the result was 2-1 for them which will see them qualify, then Kashima scored the 2-2 goal in the 89th minute, and then the referee awarded Sanfrecce a penalty kick in the last play of the match which Patric converted successfully, but it was not enough for the Purple Archers to qualify as they were tied 3-3 on aggregate, with Kashima through due to scoring more away goals.
    Not to mention that Hiroshima’s GK NakabayshI was sent-off in the 74th when the result was 2-1 for them and they needed one more goal to qualify, and the coach Jofuko chosen to scarify a defensive midfielder instead of an attacking player to sub in the reserve GK Hayashi, as Hiroshima needed to attack to score the goal that will see them qualify.

    I feel sorry for Hiroshima, as it was their best ACL campaign and they were literally the best Japanese team in this ACL edition.
     
  17. HTCONEM8

    HTCONEM8 Member+

    AC Milan
    May 16, 2014
    Club:
    AC Milan
    #17 HTCONEM8, Jun 25, 2019
    Last edited: Jun 25, 2019
    I agree.
    Sanfrecce was leaps and bounds the better Japanese representative in the Group Stage. Sad they had to end their campaign this way.

    Here's hoping Kashima will advance further and be able to defend their title and win it back to back as this has never been done by any Asian club since Al-Ittihad of KSA in the 2004 & 2005 ACL editions.

    As for Urawa, they blew it in the first leg but still, I wish them good luck tomorrow as they need to win by a 2 goals margin if i'm not mistaken.
     
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  18. Samurai Warrior

    Samurai Warrior Member+

    Dec 2, 2008
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    Urawa Reds thrashed Ulsan Hyundai 0-3 at Korea.

    An excellent display from Urawa players, with Koroki scoring a brace and is deserve to be the MOM.

    Sugimoto gave the team a boost when he was introduced midway through the second half, causing chaos in the Korean defence, helping in scoring the second goal and assisted the third.

    Ulsan were worthy losers as they spent the whole match defending and grass-rolling, they just started to attack after Urawa’s second then and just managed one shot at Urawa’s goal in the whole 90 minutes.
    It is a shame that Kawasaki couldn’t beat such a disgraceful team in both legs and qualify to the last 16.

    Meanwhile, Shanghai won against Jeonbuk on penalty shot-outs, which means that there will be no Korea club in the quarterfinals for the 3rd time since the introduction of the new ACL format in 2003.

    Other times which witnessed all South Korean teams missing QFs were in 2017 and 2008.

    Is it due to a decay in the overall level of the K-League?
     
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  19. Interiores

    Interiores Member

    East Tokyo United
    Japan
    Jun 3, 2016
    Japan
    Club:
    Borussia Dortmund
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
  20. Samurai Warrior

    Samurai Warrior Member+

    Dec 2, 2008
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    Nice joke:D!
     
  21. HTCONEM8

    HTCONEM8 Member+

    AC Milan
    May 16, 2014
    Club:
    AC Milan
    I hope there won't be another all Japanese affair in the next round.
    Urawa and Kashima are more than capable to defeat the overrated Chinese teams.
     
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  22. Gordon1995

    Gordon1995 Member+

    Oct 3, 2013
    Urawa Reds could have won by a larger margin, they were all over Ulsan from the beginning. Ulsan players were diving and playacting from 60 mins onwards.
    I remember that was what some people said that Japanese teams were not performing well in the ACL prior to 2017. Japanese teams had not been performing well in the ACL prior to 2018 when a Japanese team won it for the first time in 10 years iirc save for 13/15 when Kashiwa and Gamba reached the semi finals respectively.

    Surprised at how come Japanese teams' performance went up a notch in 17 when a year ago in 2016, all the Japanese teams crashed out during the RO16 stage if I am not wrong lol.
     
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  23. Majster2

    Majster2 Member+

    Apr 23, 2010
    Poland
    Club:
    Urawa RD
    DAZN. Does it ring a bell?
     
  24. Gordon1995

    Gordon1995 Member+

    Oct 3, 2013
    So it is for monetary reasons then, i guess. The prize money of ACL is more than winning the J league?
     
  25. Majster2

    Majster2 Member+

    Apr 23, 2010
    Poland
    Club:
    Urawa RD
    No, but they probably wanted the clubs to put some effort into ACL. J League was the strongest league in Asia before 2016 and it will continue being so for the next decades.
     
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