Former Japan defender Toshihiro Hattori gave Jubilo Iwata a victory over defending J. League champion Yokohama F. Marinos on Saturday afternoon with a 4-2 penalty shootout decision in the Xerox Super Cup.
Yoshiharu Ueno (left) of the Yokohama F. Marinos battles for
the ball with Jubilo's Toshihiro Hattori during first-half action in
the Xerox Super Cup on Saturday at Tokyo's National Stadium.
Jubilo won 4-2 in a shootout after the match ended 1-1.
Takashi Fukunishi went from villain to hero for Iwata with a late equalizer in normal time in the J. League curtain-raiser, before Hattori scored the decisive goal from the spot, as Iwata erased the painful memory of losing out on the J. League second-stage title in injury time to Takeshi Okada's men last season.