{"id":12024,"date":"2018-04-02T12:19:49","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T03:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/?p=12024"},"modified":"2018-04-02T12:19:49","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T03:19:49","slug":"j1-league-recap-unbeaten-sanfrecce-seize-first-reds-remain-winless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2018\/04\/02\/j1-league-recap-unbeaten-sanfrecce-seize-first-reds-remain-winless\/","title":{"rendered":"J1 League Recap: Unbeaten Sanfrecce seize first; Reds remain winless"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The J1 League returned to action following the recent international period with its fifth round as clubs geared up for a busy period of matches which will last until the league&#8217;s two-month break for the FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The round&#8217;s first match took place on Friday night, with Kashiwa Reysol defeating Vissel Kobe 2-1. Junya Ito&#8217;s second goal of the night, in the 86th minute, was enough to negate Junya Tanaka&#8217;s equalizer for Vissel with 16 minutes left to play.<\/p>\n<p>Sanfrecce Hiroshima returned to the top of the J1 table for the first time since 2015 with a somewhat controversial 1-0 win at reigning champions Kawasaki Frontale. After spending much of the match on the defensive, the visitors took the lead in the 85th minute when Patric headed home from a corner kick.<\/p>\n<p>Frontale set out quickly for an equaliser and appeared to find it just before stoppage time when Tatsuya Hasegawa stuffed a rebound off Sanfrecce defender Hiroki Mizumoto into the net. However the goal was called off after consultation between the referees, <a href=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2018\/03\/31\/kawasaki-frontale-toru-oniki-disallowed-goal-var\/\">prompting criticism<\/a> by Frontale manager Toru Oniki after the match.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010\u660e\u6cbb\u5b89\u7530J1\u7b2c5\u7bc0\uff1a\u5ddd\u5d0eF\u00d7\u5e83\u5cf6\u3011<br \/>90\u5206\u3001<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E9%95%B7%E8%B0%B7%E5%B7%9D%E7%AB%9C%E4%B9%9F?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u9577\u8c37\u5ddd\u7adc\u4e5f<\/a> \u304c\u62bc\u3057\u8fbc\u3093\u3060\u30dc\u30fc\u30eb\u306f\u30b4\u30fc\u30eb\u306b\u5438\u3044\u8fbc\u307e\u308c\u305f\u304c\u3001\u5224\u5b9a\u306f\u30aa\u30d5\u30b5\u30a4\u30c9\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OKBiYpPBwk\">pic.twitter.com\/OKBiYpPBwk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GOAL Japan (@GoalJP_Official) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoalJP_Official\/status\/980010223933972482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Other than Sanfrecce, the only unbeaten team left in the J1 are Vegalta Sendai, who defeated V-Varen Nagasaki 1-0 thanks to a first half goal by Takuma Nishimura.<\/p>\n<p>At Ajinomoto Stadium, FC Tokyo handed a loss to manager Kenta Hasegawa&#8217;s former club Gamba Osaka with Diego Oliveira scoring the game-winner in a wild 3-2 result. The loss left Gamba with a 0-1-4 record to start the campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udfa6 \u30b4\u30fc\u30eb\u52d5\u753b <br \/>\ud83c\udfc6 \u660e\u6cbb\u5b89\u7530\u751f\u547d\uff2a\uff11\u30ea\u30fc\u30b0\u3000\u7b2c5\u7bc0<br \/>\ud83c\udd9a FC\u6771\u4eacvs\uff27\u5927\u962a<br \/>\ud83d\udd22 3-2<br \/>\u231a\ufe0f 64\u5206<br \/>\u26bd\ufe0f \u30c7\u30a3\u30a8\u30b4\u3000\u30aa\u30ea\u30f4\u30a7\u30a4\u30e9\uff08FC\u6771\u4eac\uff09<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%EF%BC%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\uff2a\u30ea\u30fc\u30b0<\/a><br \/>\u305d\u306e\u4ed6\u306e\u52d5\u753b\u306f\u3053\u3061\u3089\ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JUEMOXLYeZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/JUEMOXLYeZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ahjnyhlyCe\">pic.twitter.com\/ahjnyhlyCe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \uff2a\u30ea\u30fc\u30b0\uff08\u65e5\u672c\u30d7\u30ed\u30b5\u30c3\u30ab\u30fc\u30ea\u30fc\u30b0\uff09 (@J_League) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/J_League\/status\/980056616497303552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Saturday night saw another 3-2 barnburner, with Sagan Tosu overcoming Gabriel Xavier&#8217;s brace to defeat Nagoya Grampus through goals by Hideto Takahashi, Victor Ibarbo, and Kyosuke Tagawa in the final 20 minutes of the match.<\/p>\n<p>The last match of the weekend offered plenty more thrills, with Jubilo Iwata fighting back for a 2-1 win over Urawa Reds as Kengo Kawamata scored twice. That result was the last straw for the reigning Asian champions, who fired manager Takafumi Hori on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Full Results: 2018 MEIJI YASUDA J1 League Round 5<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kashiwa Reysol 2-1 Vissel Kobe<\/p>\n<p>Vegalta Sendai 1-0 V-Varen Nagasaki<\/p>\n<p>Shimizu S-Pulse 0-1 Yokohama F. Marinos<\/p>\n<p>Kashima Antlers 0-0 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo<\/p>\n<p>FC Tokyo 3-2 Gamba Osaka<\/p>\n<p>Kawasaki Frontale 0-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima<\/p>\n<p>Cerezo Osaka 2-1 Shonan Bellmare<\/p>\n<p>Sagan Tosu 3-2 Nagoya Grampus<\/p>\n<p>Jubilo Iwata 2-1 Urawa Reds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The J1 League returned to action following the recent international period with its fifth round as clubs geared up for a busy period of matches which will last until the league&#8217;s two-month break for the FIFA World Cup. The round&#8217;s first match took place on Friday night, with Kashiwa Reysol defeating Vissel Kobe 2-1. Junya Ito&#8217;s second goal of the night, in the 86th minute, was enough to negate Junya Tanaka&#8217;s equalizer for Vissel with 16 minutes left to play. Sanfrecce Hiroshima returned to the top of the J1 table for the first time since 2015 with a somewhat controversial 1-0 win at reigning champions Kawasaki Frontale. After spending much &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2018\/04\/02\/j1-league-recap-unbeaten-sanfrecce-seize-first-reds-remain-winless\/\" class=\"tribe-more-link\">Continue reading &#8220;J1 League Recap: Unbeaten Sanfrecce seize first; Reds remain winless&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":11160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[1151,418,127,381,713,733,591,211,316],"class_list":["post-12024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japan","tag-2018-j1-league","tag-fc-tokyo","tag-j-league","tag-j1-league","tag-jubilo-iwata","tag-kawasaki-frontale","tag-sagan-tosu","tag-sanfrecce-hiroshima","tag-urawa-reds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}