Soccer J1 starts today February 21 5:40
Soccer J1 starts on the 21st. In addition to the championship championship for Yokohama F. Marinos aiming for consecutive victories, Toru Miura, the eldest league player who returned to J1 for the first time in 13 years, will attract attention.
The 28th anniversary of the J-League, with concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus, said that Mr. Murai Chairman will take all possible measures for the opening game on the 20th and will implement the plan as scheduled. First, J1 will begin on the 21st.
In a season where 18 teams will fight all 34 sections until December, F. Marinos, who won for the first time in 15 years last year, will refine his unique attack power and aim for the second consecutive title in club history.
In addition, VISSEL KOBE, who won the first title at the Emperor's Cup held on the first day and set the former Spanish national team Iniesta as captain, has a track record of last year's second place FC Tokyo and third place Kashima Antlers. It is expected that the team will be involved in the championship.
It is also worth noting that Miura, who returned to J1 for the first time in 13 years with his Yokohama FC, will set a record for J1's oldest goal in the 53-year-old season.
In addition, from this season, a video judgment by a referee called VAR = Video Assistant Referee will be introduced in J1 and will be used for all goal scenes and penalty kick judgments.
Last season, there was a series of misjudgments and confusion in the judgment of goals, and the effect is expected.
J1 will begin at 7pm on the 21st at Shonan Bellmare vs. Urawa Reds, with four matches scheduled for the 22nd and 23rd.
NHK will broadcast on NHK the match between Yokohama F. Marinos and Gamba Osaka on the 23rd.
J2 will open on the 23rd and J3 will open on the 7th of next month.
About VAR
In the soccer J1, starting from this season, a referee called VAR = Video Assistant Referee will use the video to assist the referee's decision in order to eliminate false referees in important situations that will determine the outcome of the match.
VAR was introduced in the World Cup from the Adult Russian Games and has already been used in major European leagues.
In the J-League, we initially aimed to introduce the game from next season, but last season, due to a series of misjudgments and confusion over the judgment of goals in the J1 game, we accelerated the plan and introduce it from this season It was decided.
The VAR had significant oversights, including four obvious mistakes in scoring, penalty kicks, exits, warnings and mistakes for the players targeted for exit, as well as violent acts that the referee on the pitch could not confirm. If so, advise the referee.
At each venue, in addition to the conventional four judges, two judges in charge of VAR will check the video of the game in the video operation room, but the number of cameras will be 12 and the World Cup Russian Games It is about one third.
Furthermore, since there is no 3D image that can be analyzed from a three-dimensional viewpoint for the determination of the offside in the goal scene, it is expected that there will be some plays in which the VAR cannot be determined. That is.
In the J-League, VAR will be introduced in all 321 games, including all J1 games of the season, the final tournament of the J-League Cup, and the playoffs for J1 entry playoffs.