Sendai 0-1 Kashiwa JEF 1-2 Urawa Tokyo Verdy 2-3 Gamba Osaka F. Marinos 3-0 Kobe Iwata 1-0 FC Tokyo Kyoto 3-1 Kashima Cerezo Osaka 2-1 Nagoya Oita 0-0 Shimizu Stage 1 ended today, with Yokohama F. Marinos lifiting the first stage title, ensuring them a spot in the playoffs at the end of the yr. (versus stage 2 winner)! JEF suffered a terrible collapse down the home stretch. In the driver's seat for the title w/ 2 games left, they dropped their last 2 and ended up in 3rd! Iwata prove they can contend for titles in the post-Takahara era, losing the 1st stage title by only 1 point. In fact, if Iwata didn't get off to a bad start when Yokohama crushed them in the opener, it's Iwata lifting their 3rd straight stage title! Biggest surprise of the season has to be Cerezo Osaka. They were in J2 last year. They finished in 5th, ahead of Urawa, Kashima, and Nagoya and 7 places better than derby rivals Gamba!
what was the crowd at Yokohama. it looked like it was packed. 60,000+ right? And whats that guys name that scored 2 goals..u know with the fro.
Nakazawa Yuji w/ the brace, Oku Daisuke w/ the final goal. Attendance was 59, 728 [sarcasm] Yeah, nobody watches football in Japan anymore since WC /[sarcasm]
I think your talking "flo guy" is him(22)? Its "bomb head" Nakazawa. He is former Japan NT DF, gifted in physically for a Japanese DF, but not so skilled and no brain.
But now They must play without Fujita in 2nd stage. His loss will be huge for Jubilo. No, please. I like Okachan. He was good in J2 and is doing good in J1 so far. But at this point, we need well experienced Euro coach for national team such like Ivica Osim. I would like to see him as Japan NT coach after Zico.
Speaking of Okachan, I just read that he broke his glasses during celebrations in the Kobe match and now Yokohama International Stadium wants to put the broken glasses in a display case and exhibit them.
all-star game will be held on aug 9 east gk sogahata (kashima) minami (kashiwa) df matsuda (yokohama) tsuboi (urawa) nemoto (sendai) nakanishi (ichihara) yamada (urawa) mf nakata (kashima) ogasawara (kashima) iwamoto (sendai) abe (ichihara) yamada (tokyo v) fw choi (ichihara) tanaka (urawa) mboma (tokyo v) amarao (fc tokyo) yanagisawa (sampdoria) retired due to his transfer west gk narazaki (nagoya) matsuyo (g osaka) df miyamoto (g osaka) morioka (shimizu) sidiclei (kobe) ichikawa (shimizu) suzuki (iwata) mf morishima (c osaka) nanami (iwata) matsui (kyoto) fukunishi (iwata) terakawa (oita) fw kurobe (kyoto) yoshihara (g osaka) kazu miura (kobe) okubo (c osaka) nakayama (iwata) retired due to injury