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YouTube Roundup: Kobe, Jubilo, Kashima, JEF, Oita, Nabisco Cup Promo

Lantis — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:50:25 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecqu_2BaoEc

Fan-shot footage of FCT’s match vs. Vissel Kobe

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SkHgDCykuY

Highlights from against Jubilo, as well as the rest of the J-League from that match day. FTC-Jubilo starts at about 7:30 in.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDkn2prVe0o

Full highlights of the match against Kashima Antlers

Match Report: J-League Week 5 vs. Kashima Antlers

Lantis — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:19:15 +0000

J.League Division 1 Week #
	First Half 1- 2 Second Half 0 – 0 Final 1- 2
April 12th 2009, 1PM Kickoff at Ajinomoto Stadium (Chofu, Tokyo) Attendance 32,913
GK 20 Shuichi Gonda DF 25 Yuhei Tokunaga DF 2 Teruyuki Moniwa DF 3 Hideki Sahara DF 5 Yuto Nagatomo MF 6 Yasuyuki Konno MF 22 Naotake Hanyu MF 18 Naohiro Ishikawa MF 10 Yohei Kajiyama FW 9 Cabore FW 24 Shingo Akamine	Starting Members	GK 21 Hitoshi Sogahata DF 2 Atsuto Uchida DF 3 Daiki Iwamasa DF 19 Masahiko Inoha DF 35 Park Joo-Ho MF 15 Takeshi Aoki MF 40 Mitsuo Ogasawara MF 10 Masashi Motoyama MF 8 Takuya Nozawa FW 18 Marquinhos FW 34 Yuya Osako
58′ 40 Tatsuya Suzuki (for Cabore) 61′ 19 Yohei Otake (for Naohiro Ishikawa) 74 13 Sota Hirayama (for Shingo Akamane)	Substitutes	53′ 7 Toru Araiba (for Masashi Motoyama) 59′ 13 Shinzo Koroki (for Yuya Osako) 82′ 14 Chikashi Masuda (for Takuya Nozawa)
40′ Shingo Akamine	Goals	1′ Marquinhos 15′ Yuya Osako
58′ Yuhei Tokunaga	Cautions	44′ Marquinhos 89′ Mitsuo Ogasawara
	Ejections

Report

Sorry, readers – with my work starting this week I’ve been too busy to write a full report, but suffice to say that this was a hard-fought match and if a ball or two had gone a foot lower and if Kashima’s GK Hitoshi Sogahata wasn’t such a tool, we might have gotten a draw (which I think we deserved) or even a win.

For completeness sake I’m going to backdate this entry. Sorry for the delay!

Match Preview: J1 Week 5 FC Tokyo vs. Kashima Antlers

dokool — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:58:17 +0000


April 12th 2009, 1PM Kickoff at Ajinomoto Stadium (Chofu, Tokyo)
J1 Competition Record: FCT 5 wins, 3 draws, Kashima 10 wins

Background

This is going to be quick and dirty because it’s about 12 hours before kickoff and I’ve been busy as all hell with school. In any case anyone who’s reading this page probably realizes that the Antlers are defending league champs, but have to juggle their quest for a 3rd straight league title with halfhearted aspirations for the ACL. Tokyo’s last match was a rain-soaked 1-0 victory against basement-dwellers Jubilo Iwata in which the man of the match was probably Gonda for his superb saves. Kashima’s last match was against some Singapore team on Tuesday in ACL play, which was apparently a 4-1 thrashing. In any case Kashima might be a wee bit jetlagged and Tokyo’s itching for a chance to continue its climb up to the top of the table, with many still wondering when Tokyo will play up to its potential. It should be notable that the two teams’ last meeting was a dramatic 3-2 victory for FCT; it was also the last loss the Antlers would take for the rest of the season.

The Matchup

Apparently Jofuku is trying some weird system out, 4-3-2-1 or 4-4-2-1, something along those lines. As I’ve said in previous posts, I don’t care if he does 2-3-5 as the team wins. I wish I had a more complex analysis for the readership but I’m falling asleep in my chair so we’ll leave it at that.

Predictions

Gonda needs to play as well as he did against Jubilo if not better. The rest of the team needs to play much better. Kashima will be looking for revenge and the fans will be looking for victory. It’ll be an aggressive match, possibly with a red card somewhere down the line. Hell if I’m going to make a prediction as to the winner.