J-League Cup Open Kawasaki Frontale Wins Fast 16 Feb 19:29
One of Japan's three major soccer titles, the J-League Cup, kicked off on the 16th, and Kawasaki Frontale, aiming for consecutive victories, won the Shimizu S-Pulse 5-1.
The J-League Cup is divided into four groups: 15 teams, excluding 3 teams participating in the ACL = Asia Champions League, and 16 teams, including 17th place Masaru Matsumoto in J1 last season. Fight the next league.
Of the 2nd and 3rd place teams in each group, the top two teams will advance to the playoffs with the best eight advancement.
On the 16th, eight games of the first round of the first league were held.
A group.
In the Frontale, which aims for two consecutive victories, Tatsuya Hasegawa and Yu Kobayashi both scored two goals and won the S-Pulse 5-1.
Nagoya Grampus vs. Kashima Antlers, Grampus won 1-0.
Group B.
Urawa Reds v. Vegalta Sendai, Reds won 5-2.
Matsumotoyama Masa of Cerezo Osaka vs J2, Cerezo won 4-1.
Group C.
Consadole won 3-0 in Sazan Tosu vs. Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo, the runner-up of the previous tournament.
Sanfrecce won 2-0 in Yokohama FC vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, promoted from J2 this season.
D group.
In Shonan Bellmare vs. Oita Trinita, Bellmare won 1-0.
Just before the end of the match, Tsukasa Umezaki scored the final goal.
Kashiwa Reysol returned to Gamba Osaka v J1 and Reysol won 1-0.
Round 2 of the primary league is scheduled for 26th of this month.