The Emperor's Cup and All Japan Championship, which compete for the best soccer in Japan, had two semi-finals, and Kawasaki Frontale, who won the J1 in the first match, won and advanced to the final on New Year's Day next year.
Frontale, who won the fastest championship in J1 history this season, played against Blaublitz Akita, who won J3, at the Todoroki Stadium at home.
Due to the impact of the new coronavirus, the number of people for large-scale events has been tightened again, so we stopped selling new tickets from the 24th of this month, but 9700 people who had purchased at the stadium by then A crowd of people visited.
Frontale struggled to defend against the number of opponents in the early stages, but when Kaoru Mitoma got out of the goal in the 39th minute of the first half, he calmly decided with his right foot to take the lead.
Even in the second half, Frontale did not pass the initiative, and in the 38th minute Ao Tanaka directly scored a free kick and scored an additional point, and from the 41st minute Kengo Nakamura, who will retire this season, participated.
In the match, Frontale won 2-0 to win the final match of Nakamura's home, and proceeded to the final at the National Stadium on New Year's Day next year.
Nakamura said, "I'm not coming here anymore as a player, so I thought I'd burn everything into my eyes. I have a strong desire for the Emperor's Cup, but I want to face it naturally without thinking too much. I want to win and complete it. Let's do our best together, "he said, looking ahead to the team's first victory at the Emperor's Cup.