jsoccer/index.php/news/?p=3763 JSoccerMENT: J1 Round-Up, Saturday October 18th. Tokushima Vortis 2-2 Vissel Kobe Kashima Antlers 2-3 Kashiwa Reysol Gamba Osaka 1-0 Kawasaki Frontale Vegalta Sendai 4-2 Urawa Reds Albirex Niigata 0-0 Ventforet Kofu Yokohama F•Marinos 1-0 Shimizu S-Pulse Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4-0 Nagoya Grampus Omiya Ardija 1-0 FC Tokyo Sagan Tosu 1-0 Cerezo Osaka What a day it was for Gamba Osaka on J1 Matchday 28 of the 2014 season. The second-placed Kansai team were victorious in their home tie with 4th-placed Kawasaki Frontale, quite probably knocking Frontale out of the race for the Championship. The lone goal of the game came from Koki Yonekura - the ex-JEF United right backs first goal in J1 in Gamba colours. While Gamba continued their seemingly unstoppable rise up the table Urawa Reds went down 4-2 away at Vegalta Sendai. The defeat left Reds just four points clear of Gamba. Shinzo Koroki scored both of Reds goals before the break, with Sendai notching through Wilson and Takuya Nozawa. Further goals for Vegalta came from Shingo Akamine and Kazuhiro Murakami to take the points and Reds saw left-winger Tomoya Ugajin sent off in the 81st minute, for a second yellow card offence. The news got even better for Gamba when Tetsuro Ota scored the winner for Kashiwa Reysol over Kashima Antlers as the game entered into additional time. Reysol saw their Samurai Blue defender sent off for a second yellow card in the 76th minute yet came out on top with Otas late strike. Sagan Tosu moved up into 3rd place, and perhaps a final tilt at the title with a very late winner against struggling Cerezo Osaka. The cross for Yohei Toyodas winning header was supplied by substitute - and former Cerezo idol - Ryuji Bando, who noticeably did not celebrate and seemed to have mixed emotions at the result. Cerezo went down to yet another narrow defeat, but they all count against them and the Sakura-clad Osakans are now even deeper ito the relegation dogfight, especially after Omiya Ardijas 1-0 win over FC Tokyo. Shohei Takahashi scored the all-important goal. Also in trouble in the basement, Shimizu S-Pulse went down 1-0 to Yokohama F•Marinos in a match that was hard to watch, by all accounts, while Ventforet Kofu grabbed an all-important point in a goalless draw at Albirex Niigata. Finally, in a meaningless mid-table match-up defending champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima whipped Nagoya Grampus 4-0, leaving Grampus still in slight danger of being dragged down into the fight, although it would seem that S-Pulse and Cerezo are doing their best to keep Grampus safe! 1 Urawa Reds 56 / +22 2 Gamba Osaka 52 / +24 3 Sagan Tosu 50 / +9 4 Kashima Antlers 49 / +21 5 Kawasaki Frontale 48 / +13 6 F.C.Tokyo 42 / +16 7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 42 / +6 8 Kashiwa Reysol 42 / -1 9 Vissel Kobe 41 / +3 10 Yokohama F•Marinos 40 / +6 11 Albirex Niigata 38 / -5 12 Nagoya Grampus 36 / -5 13 Vegalta Sendai 32 / -13 14 Omiya Ardija 31 / -14 15 Ventforet Kofu 29 / -9 16 Shimizu S-Pulse 28 / -16 17 Cerezo Osaka 26 / -7 18 Tokushima Vortis 13 / -50
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 01:53:21 +0000
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