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The nightmare continues for Saitama giants Urawa Reds after they were held to a scoreless draw away
at fellow strugglers Montedio Yamagata overnight.
The Reds have recorded three straight draws since beating bottom club Avispa Fukuoka in June,
leaving coach Zeljko Petrovic's side languishing in fifteenth.
The nightmare continues for Saitama giants Urawa Reds after they were held to a scoreless draw away
at fellow strugglers Montedio Yamagata overnight.
The Reds have recorded three straight draws since beating bottom club Avispa Fukuoka in June,
leaving coach Zeljko Petrovic's side languishing in fifteenth.
It's tough being Urawa Reds. The "biggest club in Asia" tag is a difficult one to live
down, even if the Saitama giants haven't come close to winning a trophy for years.
The Reds burst onto the Asian football scene by winning the J. League under the swashbuckling
auspices of German coach Guido Buchwald in 2006, before his more circumspect
successor Holger Osieck steered the Saitama giants to Asian Champions League glory
the following year.
It's tough being Urawa Reds. The "biggest club in Asia" tag is a difficult one to live
down, even if the Saitama giants haven't come close to winning a trophy for years.
The Reds burst onto the Asian football scene by winning the J. League under the swashbuckling
auspices of German coach Guido Buchwald in 2006, before his more circumspect
successor Holger Osieck steered the Saitama giants to Asian Champions League glory
the following year.
Five weeks after a devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami caused widespread
destruction in Japan's northern Miyagi Prefecture, the J. League finally resumes with five Round 7
games taking place on April 23.
Foremost among them is the clash between Kawasaki Frontale and Vegalta Sendai, with Sendai the city
closest to the epicentre of the earth-shattering quake which struck on March 11.
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This week, languagecaster casts its eye around the world to take in games from Japan, where the
season gets underway again after the terrible earthquake and tsunami, Argentina, Spain, England,
and the Champions League semi final first legs.
Saturday 5 March
Last season's champions Nagoya Grampus kicked off the new J. League season with a 1-1 draw against
Yokohama F Marinos in front of 27,153 spectators at Toyota Stadium. Gamba Osaka won the Osaka derby
2-1 against last season's surprise package Cerezo, while Kashima Antlers were held to a surprise
home draw.
The 2011 J. League kicks off on March 5, and it looks set to be another bumper
season.
A handful of marquee match-ups dominate the opening day, including the
Osaka derby between Gamba and Cerezo and a regional showdown between promoted Ventforet Kofu and
Jubilo Iwata.
Defending champions Nagoya Grampus kick off their campaign with a tricky home fixture against
Yokohama F.
They've scrapped, they've scraped and they've even overcome a penalty shoot-out: it seems
like nothing can stop Japan in their quest for a fourth Asian Cup title.
Japan conceded a soft equaliser just seconds away from an extra-time win over arch-rivals South
Korea in their semi-final, only for goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima to stand tall as he saved the Taeguk
Warriors' first two penalties in a one-sided shoot-out victory.
