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PREVIEW – Cerezo Osaka v. Vissel Kobe – May 6th

Cerezo Osaka – DF Takahashi expected to be out for at least two more weeks.

Vissel Kobe – A new coach has not yet been announced, the team will play under interim coach Adachi. FW Okubo is on the injury list but REALLY wants to be considered for this game against his old club. FW Tashiro expected to be missing at least two weeks.

Vissel Kobe (P9 W4 D0 L5 GD -3) fired coach Wada before the last game and promply walked all over Omiya Ardija, winning with ease on goals from Ogawa, Lee and Mogi – with his first touch as a substitute, and will be high on that win and hoping that Cerezo bring along their bad side this weekend. The Vissel line-up was registered as 2-7-1 last game which interim coach Adachi said was a psychological thing to get the opposition guessing. He also made changes in personnel, notably giving Kang Jo Park a start. In what could be his last game before a new caoch comes in, ADachi will want to make his mark, so expect 100% effort from this Vissel team.

Cerezo Osaka (P9 W$ D1 L4 GD +2) once again showed how wildly inconsistent they are this season after beating Jubilo Iwata last week then capitulating to give Consadole Sapporo their first win of the season on Thursday. They are just too tough to work out which team will come into this game but the law of averages says their good team! Having said that, I feel the adrenalin of the win last week, and the desire to win for Adachi will give this game to Kobe. Expect a Win for Vissel Kobe!

Vissel have five winds, to Cerezo’s three wins, with two draws over ten games. Vissel won both games by three goals last season!

PREVIEW – Consadole Sapporo v. Cerezo Osaka – May 3rd

Cerezo Osaka – DF Takahashi out for at least two more weeks.

Cerezo Osaka (P8 W4 D1 L3 GD +3) showed their good side for most of the game last week going 3-0 up against Jubilo Iwata before it ended 3-2. They are the most inconsistent team ever, it seems but surely they can’t fail against a Consadole Sapporo (P8 W0 D1 L7 GD -9) who have lost seven straight games since their opening day draw.

The youngsters of Cerezo Osaka, led by Kiyotake and Kim still need guidance – hence the inconsistency and, if both of those players move to Europe in the summer transfer window, as has been posited by various parts of the press, Cerezo wil have to rebuild again – something they are getting used to after losing Kagawa, Inui and Ienaga in recent times. But that’s the future, for today EXPECT a WIN for CEREZO OSAKA!

Consadole have four wins to Cerezo’s three wins in seven J2 meetings. There have been no draws between these two teams and this will be their first ever meeting in J1.

Consadole Sapporo v. Cerezo Osaka – PREVIEW – May 3rd

Consadole Sapporo v. Cerezo Osaka – Even Inconsistent Cerezo won’t Fail against Bottom Club!

Cerezo Osaka – DF Takahashi out for at least two more weeks.

Cerezo Osaka (P8 W4 D1 L3 GD +3) showed their good side for most of the game last week going 3-0 up against Jubilo Iwata before it ended 3-2. They are the most inconsistent team ever, it seems but surely they can’t fail against a Consadole Sapporo (P8 W0 D1 L7 GD -9) who have lost seven straight games since their opening day draw.

The youngsters of Cerezo Osaka, led by Kiyotake and Kim still need guidance – hence the inconsistency and, if both of those players move to Europe in the summer transfer window, as has been posited by various parts of the press, Cerezo wil have to rebuild again – somethign they are getting used to after losing Kagawa, Inui and Ienaga in recent times. But that’s the future, for today EXPECT a WIN for CEREZO OSAKA!

Consadole have four wins to Cerezo’s three wins in seven J2 meetings. There have been no draws between these two teams and this will be their first ever meeting in J1.

Cerezo Osaka 3-2 Jubilo Iwata – April 28th

When Kim Bo Kyung blasted the 3rd Cerezo goal home in the 83rd minute, Cerezo must have thought they had this game in the bag! Kiyotake had opened the scoring, and Ogihara scored the second goal just after the break and Cerezo were cruising…. so was the Titanic! Well, it wasn’t a complete disaster in the end, but Jubilo pulled a couple of goals back in the remaining minutes, through Hiroki Yamada with a splendid effort in the 87th before Cho added another in added time, but the comeback proved too late and the wildly inconsistent Cerezo showed both sides today, but came out of it with the three points! It’s never a dull moment being a Cerezo fan.

U23 Samurai Blue and Nadeshiko Groups Drawn for London Olympics

For the London Olympics 2012 Japan U23 have been drawn in Group D with Spain, Honduras and Morocco – they will play Spain in Glasgow on July 26th, Morocco in Newcastle on July 29th and Honduras in Coventry on August 1st.
Japan Ladies – Nadeshiko Japan have drawn Canada, Sweden and South Africa in their group.