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Kawasaki Frontale (川崎フロンターレ) is a Japanese football club currently campaigning in
Division 1 of the J. League the top-tier of soccer in the country. The club finished the 2009 J.
League season in second position. As a result, they have qualified for the 2010 AFC Champions
League. On Sunday, Kawasaki Frontale unveiled its Asics home, away [.
Sriwijaya v Persebaya 2-1 (Keith Kayamba Gumbs, Rahmat Rivai; Korineus Finkreuw)
It took a last minute goal from Rahmat Rivai to earn Sriwijaya three points and their first win in
five against Persebaya yesterday after the Surabaya club had taken the lead.
On Saturday the Copa Indonesia winners play Singapore Armed Forces at Jalan Besar in Singapore in
an AFC Champions League Qualifier and you have to say the Warriors will be favourites given the
Palembang's poor results recently.
Tomorrow sees Sriwijaya take on SAF in the AFC Champions League qualifier in Singapore. I reported
the other day how the team from Palembang in South Sumatra were having financial worries but I
didn't realise things were this humiliating.
The AFC expects clubs at the qualifying stage to provide their own expenses.
Cometh the hour, cometh Yasuhito Endo as one of Asian football's genuine stars took control
of the 89th Emperor's Cup final at the National Stadium in Tokyo.
The recently crowned Asian footballer of the year scored twice and laid on another as Gamba Osaka
overpowered Nagoya Grampus 4-1 in front of 42,140 fans, who turned out in bright sunshine in the
Japanese capital.
It now looks like Persipura Jayapura will be using Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta for their AFC
Champions League games. Their own Mandala Stadium is currently undergoing renovations and won't be
ready in time though reports suggest they will be allowed to change stadium should they get past
the group stage.
Last season's Super League Champions Persipura are just a month away from their first foray into
the AFC Champions League. With their Mandala Stadium in Jayapura being renovated at the moment they
will be forced to play their home games in the group stage at the Bung Karno in Jakarta, their ISL
games being played in Makassar.
Sriwijaya v Persik
Copa Indonesia winners have yet to impose themselves on this ISL season and find themselves sitting
10th with 15 games gone. Just a single win in their last seven games, and that a narrow 1-0 against
struggling PSPS, shows Rahmad Darmawan's men aren't having the best of times when you consider next
weekend they travel to Singapore to take on Singapore Armed Forces in an AFC Champions League Play
Off.
(Media Information from Football Association of Singapore)
SINGAPORE, 26 January 2010: S.League Champions Singapore Armed Forces FC (pictured above) and the
Copa Indonesia holders, Sriwijaya FC will contest the 2010 AFC Champions League East Zone play-off
match to be played in Singapore on Saturday, 30 January at the Jalan Besar Stadium.
Ahead of Saturday's AFC Champions League qualifier against SAF in Singapore, Sriwijaya yesterday
held a meeting to 'Save our SFC.'
Back to back Copa Indonesia winners, Indonesian champions in 2008, Sriwijaya have struggled to find
any consistency this season amid rumours that players haven't been paid on time.
