Sagan Tosu and Jubilo Iwata battled their way to a 0-0 stalemate Saturday as marquee signing Fernando Torres made his first J. League start for the home side.
The former Liverpool and Atletico Madrid forward, who debuted in last Sunday's 1-0 loss away to Vegalta Sendai, started on the left side of a strike pairing with Mu Kanazaki, who was making his first appearance for Sagan since transferring from the Kashima Antlers.
In front of 14,333 at Best Amenity Stadium, Torres was heavily involved in Sagan's attack and came close to scoring 10 minutes into the second half. Only the quick reactions of Jubilo 'keeper Krzysztof Kaminski prevented the 34-year-old Spaniard from netting his first J. League goal.