One last photo from this week's Japanese League Cup final, as FC Tokyo fans utilise some toilet
paper.
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Nabisco Cup final, Kawasaki Frontale vs. FC Tokyo, November 3rd 2009.
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- Photo Daily: Kawasaki Frontale Tifo Big flags and little flags in the Asian Champions
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Today, our tifo series swings to Asia for the first time.
We check out Japanese fans at the Nabisco Cup (also known as the J-League Cup) final between
Kawasaki Frontale and FC Tokyo, held earlier this week.
This video is a little slow to get going, but there's some gorgeous colour, some impressive
banners, and generally well choreographed displays from supporters of both teams.
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Sunday October 18
JEF United Chiba 1 Kyoto Sanga 1
Oita Trinita 2 Shimizu S-Pulse 1
Saturday October 17
Albirex Niigata 0 Urawa Reds 1
FC Tokyo 4 Kashiwa Reysol 0
Jubilo Iwata 0 Kashima Antlers 0
Montedio Yamagata 1 Vissel Kobe 0
Omiya Ardija 2 Kawasaki Frontale 3
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2 Gamba Osaka 2
Yokohama F Marinos 2 Nagoya Grampus 1
Kawasaki Frontale now lead the J-League after 29 rounds of the J1 championship.
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Sunday September 27
Shimizu S-Pulse 1 Vissel Kobe 0
Urawa Reds 1 Yokohama F Marinos 2
Saturday September 26
FC Tokyo 3 Jubilo Iwata 2
Gamba Osaka 2 Kawasaki Frontale 1
JEF United Chiba 1 Montedio Yamagata 2
Kashima Antlers 1 Nagoya Grampus 4
Kyoto Sanga 1, Omiya Ardija 3
Oita Trinita 0 Kashiwa Reysol 0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 Albirex Niigata 2
Kashima Antlers remain top of the J-League but now only by a single point as the season approches
its traditionally tight finish.
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Sunday August 23
Gamba Osaka 2 Nagoya Grampus 3
Kashima Antlers 3 FC Tokyo 1
Kawasaki Frontale 2 Montedio Yamagata 0
Saturday August 22
Omiya Ardija 1 JEF United Chiba 1
Albirex Niigata 1 Kyoto Sanga 2
Shimizu S-Pulse 5 Jubilo Iwata 1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2 Urawa Reds 1
Kashiwa Reysol 1 Yokohama F Marinos 1
Kashima Antlers continue to lead the J-League followed by Kawasaki Frontale and Shimizu S-Pulse.
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Sunday, 3 August
Kawasaki Frontale 2 FC Tokyo 1
Yokohama F Marinos 3 Kyoto Sanga 0
Albirex Niigata 0 Omiya Ardija 0
Jubilo Iwata 3 JEF United Chiba 2
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 Kashima Antlers 0
Oita Trinita 2 Nagoya Grampus 1
Saturday, 2 August
Montedio Yamagata 1 Gamba Osaka 1
Urawa Reds 0 Shimizu S-Pulse 1
Kashiwa Reysol 0 Vissel Kobe 1
Kashima Antlers still top the J-League followed Kawasaki Frontale, Albirex Niigata and Urawa Reds.
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"It's Groundhog Day!"
There's no sign of Punxsutawney Phil, but Nagoya Grampus coach Dragan Stojkovic must be checking
his calendar in disbelief as the Aichi-based side prepare to face FC Tokyo at Ajinomoto Stadium for
the second time in three days.
Naohiro Ishikawa looks set to play the Ned Ryerson role to the Serbian coach's Phil Connors, with
Ishikawa causing opponents plenty of irritation with some career-best form.
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This was an exciting week of matches with a few key upsets.
Kawasaki Frontale V. Oita Trinita (2-0)
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61' Renatinho
Oita's terrible run continues with 11 loses in a row in league. Renatinho scored a brace for
Kawasaki. One from a nice run combined with a good through pass from Yabu and the second was a
header from a Yokoyama cross.
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Japan warmed up for their World Cup qualifier against Uzbekistan in Tashkent on June 6 with two
crushing Kirin Cup victories to win the three-team tournament in front of their home fans.
Japan thrashed Chile 4-0 on May 27 in front of 43,531 fans at a sold-out Nagai Stadium in Osaka,
with Shimizu S-Pulse front man Shinji Okazaki helping himself to a brace.
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The Kashima Antlers juggernaut shows no sign of slowing down as the Ibaraki giants beat Gamba Osaka
1-0 in front of a capacity crowd of 19,092 at Expo '70 Stadium in Osaka.
Former Japan international Koji Nakata stepped into midfield in place of the suspended Mitsuo
Ogasawara, and the ex-FC Basel star promptly scored the only goal of the game after just sixteen
minutes.
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Following their uninspiring performance in a 1-1 draw with Newcastle Jets in the AFC Champions
League in midweek, Nagoya Grampus rounded out a disappointing week by going down 1-0 to Urawa Reds
in front of 32,435 fans at Toyota Stadium.
17-year-old midfielder Genki Haraguchi was the hero for the Reds - coming off the bench to replace
the injured Tatsuya Tanaka after just 22 minutes, before blasting home his first ever top flight
goal two minutes before the break.
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K-League action with Gyeongnam FC's Cabore to the fore. The Brazilian striker is now in Japan with
FC Tokyo after topping the K-League scoring charts with 18 goals in the 2007 season.
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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.
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Round 19 in the J. League could prove a turning point for several clubs with a number of marquee
fixtures set down for the weekend of July 26/27.
The pick of the Saturday fixtures see FC Tokyo host Yokohama F. Marinos at Ajinomoto Stadium, as
teams from Japan's two largest cities get ready to rumble in the capital.
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Kashima Antlers lead the way as the J. League nears its halfway point, with the defending champions
in a familiar position atop the league standings.
Kashima are the most successful club in Japan, and the Ibaraki giants have fired a resounding
warning to the rest of the league by embarking on an ominous four-match winning streak.
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While the rest of the world has at least one eye on the European Championships, the domestic season
resumed in Japan on June 25 when Kashima Antlers and Gamba Osaka hosted rescheduled Round 11
fixtures.
In a season punctuated by World Cup qualifiers and the Beijing Olympics, Kashima and Gamba were
forced to reschedule their Round 11 fixtures against Oita Trinita and Kyoto Sanga FC respectively,
as the original match date clashed with AFC Champions League fixtures.
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The Offside 24 June @ 01:50 PM EST
After over a month of no laser lightshows, and no killer whale mascots, the J League returns to
action tomorrow. With the European Championship winding down, the attention in Japan will be
returning to domestic football, and since we've been a bit distracted ourselves, let's take a look
at how things stand in J [.
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