Yuto Misao scored a freak own goal to gift FC Tokyo a shock 1-0 win away against the defending champion Kashima Antlers on the opening day of the J. League season on Saturday.
Misao, a preseason signing from Shonan Bellmare, bundled over the line with eight minutes left on a day when Yokohama F. Marinos became only the second team after Antlers to reach 400 wins in the top flight by edging Urawa Reds 3-2 at home.
In a first half of few highlights at Kashima Stadium, Yoshito Okubo went close at the near post for FC Tokyo and another new Tokyo signing Kensuke Nagai was inches away from connecting with Keigo Higashi's cross.