J-League Cup final canceled at soccer Corona to be held on January 4th next year November 12th 22:53
The J-League soccer team has decided to hold the final of the J-League Cup, which was canceled on the 7th of this month, on January 4th next year due to an outbreak of the new coronavirus of players and staff at Kashiwa Reysol in J1. It was.
Kashiwa Reysol and FC Tokyo were scheduled to face each other at the National Stadium on the 7th of this month in the final of the J League Cup, one of the three major titles in Japan, but a new coronavirus outbreak occurred among Reysol players and staff. As it was confirmed, the match on the 7th was canceled and the J League was considering holding it on a different schedule.
The J-League announced a new schedule on the 12th, and the final will be held at the National Stadium on January 4th next year.
According to the J-League, there will be a league match until the 19th of next month, the semi-finals and finals of the Emperor's Cup will be held on the 27th of next month and the first day of next year, and the ACL = Asian Champions League in which FC Tokyo will participate will be on the 24th of this month. It is said that it was held at the beginning of the year based on the fact that it will be held intensively for about 3 weeks from the beginning.
After a two-week hiatus, Reysol will resume general practice on the 18th of this month and will face the league match with Sagan Tosu on the 21st.
Mitsuru Murai, chairman of the J-League, said, "At this point, it was only on this date that we could surely play the match. We wanted to keep it in any form as a symbol of protecting the soccer culture of the J-League."