The soccer J-League will start on the 26th.
A new season will begin under the influence of the new coronavirus, with some teams starting the season without being able to come to Japan due to the declaration of an emergency.
Of these, J1 will open on the night of the 26th at the match between last year's champion Kawasaki Frontale and the winning team, Yokohama F. Marinos, in Kawasaki City.
Frontale, who has been one of the winning candidates this season, has four players remaining on the team, including Kaoru Mitoma and Yu Kobayashi, who scored 13 points, which was the highest number of newcomers last season. I did.
On the other hand, Tokushima Vortis, who was promoted to J1 this season due to immigration restrictions due to the state of emergency, will not be able to come to Japan with the new coach Daniel Poyatos from Spain, and will start without a coach.
Also, last season there was no demotion due to the influence of the new coronavirus, so this season's J1 will be contested by 20 teams, two more than usual.
Along with this, the bottom four teams will be automatically demoted this season, so it may be a battle for survival.
The opening card of J1 is scheduled for 8 games on the 27th and 1 game on the 28th, and the season of more than 9 months will start.