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Bottom club JEF United stunned table topping Kashima Antlers as the J. League resumed following the
week-long All-Star break, winning 3-1 at a packed Fukuda Denshi Arena in Chiba.
Australian defender Eddy Bosnar opened the scoring for United with a thunderbolt free-kick just
before half-time, but it was talismanic striker Seiichiro Maki who stole the show, steering home
two superb headers after the interval.
While five teams remain in the hunt for the 2008 J. League crown, several of the league's most
recognisable clubs are in serious trouble at the wrong end of the table.
There's an epic relegation six-pointer at Ecopa Stadium in Round 25, where three-times J. League
champions Jubilo Iwata host another three-time champion in the form of Yokohama F.
In different ways a strange week for two Scottish coaches. Alex Miller sets off from Rafa's
shoulder to Japan where he is charged with taking JEF United Chiba (no me either) off the foot of
the J-League. Miller managed Morton, St Mirren, Hibs and Aberdeen in Scotland before winding up in
the Anfield boot room in 1999.
They may be struggling in the league, but Shimizu S-Pulse are on course to book a place in the
quarter-finals of the Nabisco League Cup following their most recent 4-2 victory over local rivals
Jubilo Iwata on May 25.
Playmaker Jungo Fujimoto scored twice for the Shizuoka side, but it was 23-year-old striker Kazuki
Hara who stole the show, turning in an eye-catching performance as he looks to press claims for a
regular starting position in Kenta Hasegawa's side.
MAURICIO PELLEGRINO is poised to return to Anfield as Rafael Benitez attempts to bring Robbie Keane
to Merseyside.
Argentinian Pellegrino, 36, who played 12 games for Liverpool in 2005, has been approached by
Benitez for a second stint at the club, this time as part of his coaching staff.
Liverpool are also trying to prise Keane, 27, away from Tottenham Hotspur in a swap deal involving
Peter Crouch.
