Kawasaki Frontale's preparations for their Nabisco Cup semifinal with holders JEF United Chiba suffered a setback Sunday after a 4-3 defeat at home to Jubilo Iwata in the J-League first division.
Kawasaki twice led through Kazuki Ganaha and Juninho but Iwata fought back and took home a deserved three points after Ryoichi Maeda scored what proved to be the winner in the 88th minute of a topsy-turvy affair at Todoroki Stadium.
Defeat for Kawasaki left it five points adrift of leaders Gamba Osaka, who it next faces after the league cup second-leg tie away to JEF United on Wednesday. Jubilo, which is all but out of the title race, climbed into seventh place.
In the day's other game, Bare scored a goal in each half to help Ventforet Kofu to a 3-2 win at home to Omiya Ardija.