The J. League’s first division was finally back at Saitama Stadium on Saturday night, even if the fans weren’t.
Surrounded by seats festooned in red, white and black, Urawa Reds and Yokohama F. Marinos battled to a scoreless draw in the J1’s second round, resuming a competition that had been suspended for over four months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Neither the defending champion Marinos nor a Reds side with a number of new names in the starting lineup looked to be at their peak form, turning what would otherwise have been a marquee encounter into something more resembling a training game.