Emperors Cup 2014 Final Result

Emperors Cup
Final
Gamba Osaka 3-1 Montedio Yamagata

Looking at the Final – Gamba Osaka set their sights on winning the Emperors Cup early after 4 minutes, Takashi Usami scoring the 1st goal of the game, then into the 22nd minute, Patric came up with the 2nd goal to give Gamba a 2-0 half time lead, but Yamagata got back into the game and halfed the deficit on 67 minutes thanks to a goal from Romero Berrocal Frank Lark (what a name) but that man Takashi Usami scores on 85 minutes to make the game safe and Gamba Osaka win their 3rd trophy of 2014, what a outstanding achievement by Gamba Osaka, wondered what their targets were for the season, they must of wanted a ACL (Asian Champions League) place, but 3 trophies must of excised those targets 10 fold, but well done to everyone who is connected with Gamba Osaka!!!

Usami celebrating with Patric after his 1st goal
(from Japan Times)

Emperors Cup 2014 Final

Saturday, 13th December
Emperors Cup Final
Gamba Osaka v Montedio Yamagata

Gamba Osaka will face Montedio Yamagata at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama for the Emperors Cup Final, here is how both teams got to the final –

Gamba Osaka
2nd Round – v Zweigen Kanazawa, H, W 5-1
3rd Round – v Tokushima Vortis, H, W 1-0
4th Round – v Sanfrecce Hiroshima, A, W 3-1
Quarter Final – v Omiya Ardija, H, W 2-0
Semi Final – v Shimizu S Pulse, H, W 5-2

Montedio Yamagata
2nd Round – v Roasso Kumamoto, A, W 1-0
3rd Round – v Sony Sendai, A, W 1-0
4th Round – v Sagan Tosu, H, W 1-0 AET
Quarter Final – v Giravanz Kitakyushu, H, W 1-0
Semi Final – v JEF United Chiba, A, W 3-2

Both teams have had great seasons in J1 and J2 – Gamba Osaka won the J1 Title and also winning the Nabisco Cup, Gamba look to get a hat-trick of trophies by winning the Emperors Cup but its going to be a tough game against Yamagata, Yamagata finished 6th in J2 but won against Iwata (W 2-1) and Chiba (W 1-0) in the J2 play off’s and were promoted to J1, so as well as tomorrow, both teams will play each other twice next season

Nabisco Cup 2014 Final

On Saturday 8th November, Saitama Stadium, the home of Urawa Red Diamonds, will play host to the Nabisco Cup Final between Sanfrecce Hiroshima & Gamba Osaka, here is how both teams got to the final:

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Did Not Play Group Stage (Due to ACL engagement)

• Quarter Final v Urawa Red Diamonds
  3rd September – 1st Leg, Home, D 0-0
  7th September – 2nd Leg, Away, D 2-2

Hiroshima won on the Away Goals Rule

• Semi Final v Kashiwa Reysol
  9th October – 1st Leg, Home, W 2-0
  12th October – 2nd Leg, Away, L 1-2

Hiroshima won 3-2 on agg

Gamba Osaka

• Group A
  19th March v Vissel Kobe, Home, W 2-0
  2nd April v Shimizu S Pulse, Away, L 0-1
  16th April v Sagan Tosu, Away, W 2-0
  21st May v Kashima Antlers, Home, W 2-1
  24th May v FC Tokyo, Home, W 3-1
  28th May v Vegalta Sendai, Away, L 0-1

1st, W 4, D 0, L 2, GF 9, GA 4, GD +5, 12 pts

• Quarter Final v Vissel Kobe
  3rd September – 1st Leg, Away, D 1-1
  7th September – 2nd Leg, Home, W 3-0

Gamba Osaka won 4-1 on agg

• Semi Final v Kawasaki Frontale
  9th October – 1st Leg, Home, W 3-1
  12th October – 2nd Leg, Away, L 2-3

Gamba Osaka won 5-4 on agg

Good luck to both teams on the day!

Asian Women Cup (May 2014)

Japan Nadeshiko played in the Asian Cup Women in May 2014, they got to the Final, here is how they did it:

Japan Nadeshiko were in Group A with Australia Women, Vietnam Women & Jordan Women teams

Wednesday, 14th May – Australia Women 2-2 Japan Nadeshiko
Friday, 16th May – Japan Nadeshiko 4-0 Vietnam Women
Sunday, 18th May – Japan Nadeshiko 7-0 Jordan Women

Semi-Final:
Thursday, 22nd May – Japan Nadeshiko 2-1 China Women (AET)

Final:
Sunday, 25th May – Japan Nadeshiko 1-0 Australia Women

Japan in World Cup Brazil 2014 (Complete)

After being one of the 1st teams to qualify for the World Cup, Japan got drawn with Ivory Coast, Greece & Colombia in Group C, below are Japan’s games in Group C

Sun, 15th June – Arena Pernambuco, Recife – Ivory Coast 2-1 Japan – K Honda 16′
Thur, 19th June – Estadio das Dunas, Natal – Japan 0-0 Greece
Tue, 24th June – Arena Pantanal, Cuiaba – Japan 1-4 Colombia – Okazaki 45′ + 1′

So the 1st Group C ended in a defeat to Ivory Coast but it started all so well with Keisuke Honda scoring in the 16th minute with a cracking goal, but the cracks were starting to show near the end of the 1st half, but Japan got to half time 1-0 up against Ivory Coast, in the 2nd half, Ivory Coast brought on Drogba at about 60 mins and he made a impact with Bony Wilfried scoring on 64th min & Gervinho 66th min, the game finished 2-1 to Ivory Coast but it could of been more then that but the Japanese defence stopped the attacks on the Japan goal, but hopefully things will change for the next group game against Greece on Thursday the 19th June
A 0-0 against Greece & a 4-1 defeat against Colombia seal Japan’s exit of the World Cup, only getting 1 point from the 3 group games

ACL Matchday 3 (JLeague Teams) & Nabisco Cup Matchday 1 Results

ACL 2014 Matchday 3 Results
Tue, 18th March
Group E – Cerezo Osaka 4-0 Buriram United
Group G – Melbourne Victory 1-0 Yokohama F Marinos

Wed, 19th March
Group F – Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-1 FC Seoul
Group H – W.S Wanderers 1-0 Kawasaki Frontale

With 3 group games to go, it was 2 wins and 2 losses for JLeague teams in the ACL this week

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Nabisco Cup
Wed, 19th March
Group A
FC Tokyo 3-1 Kashima Antlers
Shimizu S Pulse 4-0 Vegalta Sendai
Gamba Osaka 2-0 Vissel Kobe

Group B
Kashiwa Reysol 2-1 Urawa Red Diamonds
Nagoya Grampus 0-1 Ventforet Kofu
Tokushima Vortis 1-3 Albirex Niigata

ACL Matchday 2 Results (JLeague Teams)

Here are the results from the 11th & 12th of March for the ACL –

Tue, 11th March
Group E – Cerezo Osaka 1-3 Shandong Luneng
Group F – Central Coast 2-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Wed, 12th March
Group G – Yokohama F Marinos 1-1 Guangzhou Evergrande
Group H – Ulsan Hyundai 2-0 Kawasaki Frontale

After 2 Games:
Group E
4th Cerezo Osaka – W 0, D 1, L 1 – 1 point

Group F
4th Sanfrecce Hiroshima – W 0, D 1, L 1 – 1 point

Group G
4th Yokohama F Marinos – W 0, D 1, L 1 – 1 point

Group H
3rd Kawasaki Frontale – W 1, D 0, L 1 – 3 points

Sometimes i wonder if the JLeague even botheres with the ACL sometimes…wonder what you people think about JLeague teams in the ACL?

JFL Fixtures (16th March to 23rd March 2014)

The 16th of March sees the JFL 2014 season start, wonder how the new teams get on in the JFL season, looking forward to it, if you spot any errors in team names, please tell me, thank you

16th March
Round 1
Honda FC v Renofa Yamaguchi
Sony Sendai v Azul Claro Numazu
Yokogawa Musashino FC v Vanraure Hachinohe
MIO Biwako Shiga v Fagiano Okayama Next
Tochigi UVA v Honda Lock
Verspah Oita v Kagoshima United FC
Sagawainsatsu SC v FC Maruyasu Okazaki

Round 2
21st March
Vanraure Hachinohe v Sony Sendai

22nd March
Renofa Yamaguchi v Tochigi UVA
Fagiano Okayama Next v Verspah Oita
FC Maruyasu Okazaki v Honda FC

23rd March
Honda Lock v MIO Biwako Shiga
Kagoshima United FC v Yokogawa Musashino FC
Azul Claro Numazu v Sagawainsatsu SC

First Round of the JLeague Season (J1 & J2)

The 1st round of JLeague fixtures are here! The 1st & 2nd of March start of with J1 & J2, J3 starts a week later

Division 1
1st March 2014
(5am) Cerezo Osaka v Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Nagoya Grampus Eight v Shimizu S-Pulse
Sagan Tosu v Tokushima Vortis
Vegalta Sendai v Albirex Niigata
Ventforet Kofu v Kashima Antlers
(6am) Kashiwa Reysol v FC Tokyo
(10am) Gamba Osaka v Urawa Red Diamonds

2nd March 2014
(4am) Yokohama F.Marinos v Omiya Ardija
(7am) Kawasaki Frontale v Vissel Kobe 

Division 2
2nd March 2014
(4am) FC Gifu v Kamatamare Sanuki
Tokyo Verdy v Matsumoto Yamaga
(5am) Jubilo Iwata v Consadole Sapporo
(6am) Giravanz Kitakyushu v Kyoto Sanga FC
Fagiano Okayama FC v Kataller Toyama
Mito Hollyhock v Oita Trinita
Roasso Kumamoto v Avispa Fukuoka
Yokohama FC v Ehime FC
(7am) JEF United Chiba v Tochigi SC
Shonan Bellmare v Montedio Yamagata
V-Varen Nagasaki v Thespa Kusatsu Gunma

(Times in bold are Kick off times in the UK)

Fuji Xerox Super Cup And ACL Group Stage After 1 Game (JLeague Teams)

The JLeague season started off with the Super Cup between Sanfrecce Hiroshima & Yokohama F Marinos, it was the JLeague Division 1 champions Hiroshima who came out on top winning by 2 goals to 0 – Notsuda & Asano with the 2 goals

Also, the Asian Champions League started on the 25th/26th Feb with 4 JLeague teams

Group E – Pohang Steelers 1-1 Cerezo Osaka
Group F – Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1-1 Beijing Guoan
Group G – Jeonbuk Hyundai 3-0 Yokohama F. Marinos
Group H – Kawasaki Frontale 1-0 Guizhou Renhe

Mixed results from the 1st group stage of the ACL 2014, only Frontale got a win out of the 4 teams, Poor Marinos got beat of the Korean team Jeonbuk, hopefully they can start the JLeague season of with a win to make them more confident