Daniel’s take on the game “oop Kanagawa way”.

Gamba held by lowly Tokyo, lose sight of the top! With Antlers, Frontale, Marinos and Cerezo all winning, those last two ACL places are going to be tight!

1 Kashiwa Reysol 69 31 20 9 2 60 22 +382 Ventforet Kofu 62 31 17 11 3 59 34 +253 Avispa Fukuoka 58 30 18 4 8 54 28 +264 JEF United Chiba 51 30 15 6 9 52 31 +215 Tokyo Verdy 49 31 14 7 10 37 26 +116 Yokohama FC 47 30 14 5 11 50 41 +97 Roasso Kumamoto 46 31 12 10 9 32 36 -48 Tochigi SC 41 30 11 8 11 36 32 +49 Tokushima Vortis 41 30 12 5 13 46 44 +210 FC Gifu 41 31 12 5 14 28 37 -911 Sagan Tosu 40 30 10 10 10 37 38 -112 Ehime FC 38 30 9 11 10 25 28 -313 Oita Trinita 37 30 10 7 13 35 43 -814 Thespa Kusatsu 36 30 10 6 14 27 40 -1315 Consadole Sapporo 35 30 8 11 11 30 36 -616 Mito Hollyhock 33 30 7 12 11 24 36 -1217 Fagiano Okayama 28 30 7 7 16 21 42 -2118 Kataller Toyama 23 30 7 2 21 31 59 -2819 Giravanz Kitakyushu 15 31 1 12 18 19 50 -31

Kofu take out Chiba away, Reysol march on – one more point for promotion from six games – Avispa looking good now (table to follow).FC Gifu 0-1 Yokohama FC 3,013Giravanz Kitakyushu 1-2 Kataller Toyama 2,496Roasso Kumamoto 2-0 Sagan Tosu 5,398Mito Hollyhock 1-4 Kashiwa Reysol 10,181Consadole Sapporo 0-1 Thespa Kusatsu 5,731Tochigi SC 1-2 Fagiano Okayama 2,937Tokyo Verdy 0-1 Oita Trinita 4,519Tokushima Vortis 2-3 Avispa Fukuoka 2,117JEF United Chiba 1-2 Ventforet Kofu 13,393

At the bottom, priceless away winds for FC Tokyo and Vissel Kobe take them well away from the bottom two, and Yamagata also win away to take them a few points clear. Vegalta take out Kyoto and get breathing space … but they’re all still in a fight with Omiya to stay out of that 3rd relegation spot.Vegalta Sendai 1-0 Kyoto Sanga F.C. 12,663Nagoya Grampus 1-0 Cerezo Osaka 24,061Shimizu S-Pulse 1-2 F.C.Tokyo 7,117Kawasaki Frontale 1-1 Jubilo Iwata 7,348Urawa Reds 0-1 Montedio Yamagata 21,625Gamba Osaka 2-4 Vissel Kobe 12,399Yokohama F Marinos 2-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 12,568Albirex Niigata 2-1 Kashima Antlers 30,130Bellmare v. Ardija – postponed due to Typhoon!

Still not enough, though … less foreigners in the J.League PLEASE! Give the young Samurai Blue boys a chance on the field!16 goals – KENNEDY Nagoya Grampus (3 PKs)14 goals – HIRAI Gamba Osaka13 goals – EDMILSON Urawa Reds, MAEDA Jubilo Iwata (2 PKs)12 goals – MARCIO RICHARDES Albirex Niigata (1 PK, and two missed!), 11 goals – RYANG Vegalta Sendai (3 PKs), JUNINHO Kawasaki Frontale, CHO Albirex Niigata (1 PK), OKAZAKI Shimizu S-Pulse, TAMADA Nagoya Grampus (1 missed PK)10 goals – MARQUINHOS Kashima Antlers (1 missed PK), FUJIMOTO Shimizu S-Pulse (4 PKs)9 goals – POPO Vissel Kobe (1 PK), SATO Sanfrecce Hiroshima (2 PKs)

Or have they got it sewn up? A new name on the trophy? 11 points clear, SIX games to go! It MUST be theirs!1 Nagoya Grampus 60 28 19 3 6 47 32 +152 Kashima Antlers 49 28 13 10 5 44 26 +183 Gamba Osaka 49 28 14 7 7 55 40 +154 Kawasaki Frontale 46 28 13 7 8 51 37 +145 Cerezo Osaka 45 28 12 9 7 40 26 +146 Shimizu S-Pulse 45 28 12 9 7 50 42 +87 Yokohama F･Marinos 45 28 13 6 9 35 28 +78 Albirex Niigata 42 28 11 9 8 40 35 +59 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 42 28 11 9 8 36 31 +510 Urawa Reds 41 28 12 5 11 40 31 +911 Jubilo Iwata 39 28 10 9 9 32 36 -412 Montedio Yamagata 35 28 10 5 13 22 35 -1313 Vegalta Sendai 34 28 9 7 12 34 38 -414 F.C.Tokyo 28 28 6 10 12 30 34 -415 Omiya Ardija 28 27 7 7 13 25 37 -1216 Vissel Kobe 26 28 6 8 14 27 42 -1517 Kyoto Sanga F.C. 16 28 3 7 18 24 49 -2518 Shonan Bellmare 16 27 3 7 17 27 60 -33

Vital points to fight for at both ends of the table, Vissel coming out with the spoils.

Here’s how Daniel saw the Jubilo-Reds game.

A valiant 1st half performance from Kyoto was for nought, as Gamba came out and took the game in the 2nd period!