The J. League on Wednesday night announced the postponement of Saturday's Levain Cup final following the emergence of a cluster infection among Kashiwa Reysol’s players and team staff.
The extraordinary decision came just three days before Reysol and FC Tokyo were to contend for the cup at Tokyo’s National Stadium in front of a sold-out, socially distanced crowd of 24,000.
Reysol tested 82 players and officials following the emergence of three infections related to the team earlier this week, including manager Nelsinho Baptista and a player. Eight staffers and two players tested positive, raising the total number of infections within the organization to 13.