Brazilian substitute Fabricio struck an extra-time winner as J. League champions Kashima Antlers completed a league and cup double with a 2-1 victory over Kawasaki Frontale in the Emperor’s Cup final on Sunday.
Shuto Yamamoto headed Kashima into a 42nd-minute lead before Kawasaki hit back through a fine effort from Yu Kobayashi early in the second half of an entertaining but occasionally bad-tempered game at Suita Stadium.
But Fabricio, brought on just before the end of normal time in what he said was his last appearance for Antlers, rifled in the clincher early in the first extra period.