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Antlers held by Frontale as Levain Cup quarterfinals kick off
Kashima Antlers were held to a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their Levain Cup quarterfinal against Kawasaki Frontale on Wednesday. In a fractious match during which referee Jumpei Iida dealt out seven yellow cards, Antlers opened scoring in the 19th minute when Yasushi ...
Ventforet advance to Levain Cup quarterfinals with aggregate triumph over Reds
Second-division Ventforet Kofu on Saturday advanced to the quarterfinals of the Levain Cup with a 3-2 aggregate playoff victory over the Urawa Reds. A 27th-minute goal from Kazuki Kozuka secured the result despite Urawa winning the second-leg match at Saitama Stadium 2-1, thanks to a ...
Ventforet Kofu double up Urawa Reds in Levain Cup first-leg win
J. League second-division Ventforet Kofu will take a two-goal advantage into the return leg of their Levain Cup playoff following a comprehensive 2-0, first-leg win over first-division Urawa Reds on Saturday. Goals either side of halftime from defender Yuta Imazu and Kazuki Kozuka secured the ...
Vissel beats Nagasaki 2-1 in league cup, holds onto group lead
An injury-time winner from Yuta Goke gave Vissel Kobe a 2-1 victory away to V-Varen Nagasaki in the Levain Cup on Wednesday night, strengthening its hold on first place in Group D after four round-robin matches. Spanish forward Juanma put the home side ahead in ...
Gamba's Shun Nagasawa scores four first-half goals in rout of Grampus
Shun Nagasawa blasted Gamba Osaka to victory with four first-half goals against Nagoya Grampus in their Levain Cup match Wednesday night. The 29-year-old striker scored every goal for the visitors in their 4-1 win, bringing up his hat trick in less than half an hour ...
Frontale aim to capture first major silverware in YBC Levain Cup final against Cerezo
Perennial underachievers Kawasaki Frontale will be hoping to make it fourth time lucky when they face Cerezo Osaka in the final of the YBC Levain Cup on Saturday. Frontale have never won a major domestic title and will be looking to break a League Cup ...
Hiroaki Okuno struck twice in the second half as Vegalta Sendai stunned J. League champions Kashima Antlers 3-1 in the first leg of the Levain Cup quarterfinals on Wednesday. Yoshihiro Nakano broke the deadlock on the hour for Sendai, which is currently 12th in the ...
Kubo becomes second-youngest player to make J. League top-team debut
Former Barcelona wunderkind Takefusa Kubo made his top-team debut for FC Tokyo in a 1-0 win over Consadole Sapporo in the Levain Cup on Wednesday, becoming the second-youngest player to appear in J. League's first division competition. At 15 years, 10 months and 30 days, ...
The defending J. League champion Kashima Antlers and the 2016 Levain Cup-winning Urawa Reds will host Borussia Dortmund and Sevilla in a pair of summer friendlies, the league announced Thursday. As part of the newly launched J. League International Series, Urawa will play Japan midfielder ...
