FC Tokyo striker Peter Utaka admits he is pinching himself at the thought of playing alongside all-time J. League top scorer Yoshito Okubo as the capital city club goes in search of its first-ever title.
"Yoshito says to me, 'Oh Uta, I can't believe you're here,' and I say, 'I can't believe I'm playing with you too,' " Utaka told The Japan Times at Tokyo's training ground earlier this week.
"We were contenders for top scorer in the league last year and right now we're together. Let's keep working and maybe in the near future we'll both be up front together. Then we can both give the defenders a big headache."