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

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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!

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J1 Round-Up, May 3rd, Matchday 9

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J1 Round-Up, May 3rd, Matchday 9

Here are the results:

Consadole Sapporo 1-0 Cerezo Osaka
Vissel Kobe 3-0 Omiya Ardija
Kawasaki Frontale 4-3 Jubilo Iwata
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0-1 Albirex Niigata
Sagan Tosu 1-1 Vegalta Sendai
Urawa Reds 1-2 Yokohama F. Marinos
Shimizu S-Pulse 3-0 Kashima Antlers

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Cerezo proved once and for all how inconsistent they are by giving Cosadole Sapporo their first win of the season! Yusuke Kondo scored the winner in the 25th minute and Consadole hold on for the three points.

Vissel Kobe fired coach Wada, put Adachi in charge for a couple of games while they work out finances with Akira Nishino, travel arrangements with Stuart Baxter, or work up enough courage to approach Pep Guardiola! (I also suggested that Michael Laudrup be considered!). The new coach will be happy to know that Vissel played with freedom and confidence and destroyed Omiya Ardija with ease! Goals from Ogawa, lee and Mogi (his first touch) sealed the points for Vissel.

Frontale found their goalscoring touch under new coach Kazama, but almost let Jubilo back into the game late on. Jubilo are being found out after their start seemed better than they deserved? Yajima scored two for Frontale.

Sanfrecce gave Albirex their first win of the season, just when it seemed Sanfrecce would make a run at Sendai on top. Were Sanfrecce bad, or did Albirex finally come good? A bit of both, it seems!

Tosu held unbeaten Vegalta to a draw, just as predicted on this very site in the previews. Is that the beginning of the end for Sendai? Will S-Pulse take them out this weekend and send them on a downward spiral? Watch this space!

Reds gave Marinos an unexpected second win in-a-row on Thursday. Saito scored a lovely goal (does he ever score simple ones!!?), Makino matched his brilliance with one of his own to make it 1-1, but old soldier Marquinos came on as a late sub and confounded us all with the winner!

S-Pulse staked their claim to be title contenders with a 3-0 drubbing of resurgent Antlers. Ito popped one in at close range very early on, then Takagi scored a screamer, and Omae another well taken volley to round out the scoring and send the away team back to Kashima under a cloud.

Note that FC Tokyo v. Kashiwa Reysol and Gamba Osaka v. Nagoya Grampus – postponed die to ACL commitments – will be played on June 27

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

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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.

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

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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.

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Cerezo Osaka 3-2 Jubilo Iwata – April 28th

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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.