J-League: Kawasaki Frontale tops Tokyo 3-2
CHōFU. Kawasaki Frontale overcame Tokyo.
CHōFU. Kawasaki Frontale beat Tokyo. Tokyo was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (72%).
Kawasaki Frontale remained in 10 people after Jung Sung-Ryong received a red card in the 29′. Anyway, Kawasaki Frontale still succeeded in win this encounter playing only with 10 players.
The match was played at the Ajinomoto Stadium stadium in Chōfu on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Yudai Yamamoto who had the assistance of Hiroshi Yamauchi and Koji Morikawa. The 4th official was Junichi Kabasawa. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant around 16.8 degrees Celsius or 62.28 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 42%.
Match Statistics
Tokyo was in firm control of the ball 72% while Kawasaki Frontale was struggling with a 28% ball possession.
Tokyo was more aggressive with 75 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. Even so, Kawasaki Frontale managed to find the solution to win this match.
Tokyo shot 19 times, 5 on target, 14 off target. On the opposite side, Kawasaki Frontale shot 5 times, 5 on target, 0 off target.
Cards
Tokyo received 1 yellow card (Y. Kimoto). On the other side, No yellow cards were issued to Kawasaki Frontale.
Also, Kawasaki Frontale didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after Jung Sung-Ryong (Kawasaki Frontale) was sent out after receiving a straight red card in the (29′).
After playing this match, Tokyo will stay with 49 points to stay in the 6th place. On the opposite side, Kawasaki Frontale will have 63 points to stay in the 2nd place.
Match Events
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19'19'
Y. Wakizaka
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29'29'
Jung Sung-Ryong
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33'33'
K. Tanno
K. Noborizato
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46'46'
S. Kurumaya
Y. Wakizaka
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47'47'
Adailton
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59'59'
K. Chinen
Y. Kobayashi
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59'59'
R. Oshima
J. Schmidt
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62'62'
Marcinho
K. Tachibanada
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66'66'
H. Mita
K. Tsukagawa
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66'66'
K. Konno
Y. Nagatomo
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74'74'
Adailton
R. Watanabe
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75'75'
R. Watanabe (OG)
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81'81'
K. Yamamura
Marcinho
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80'80'
Leandro
R. Watanabe
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80'80'
S. Abe
K. Matsuki
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85'85'
Y. Kimoto
Next match
Tokyo: Formation and Lineups
Tokyo adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Albert Puig Ortoneda chose to play with the following team: Jakub Słowik , Hotaka Nakamura , Yasuki Kimoto , Masato Morishige , Yuto Nagatomo , Koki Tsukagawa , Keigo Higashi , Kuryu Matsuki , Ryoma Watanabe , Luiz Phellype and Adailton .
Substitutes
Tokyo made 4 changes: K. Tsukagawa for H. Mita (66′), Y. Nagatomo for K. Konno (66′), K. Matsuki for S. Abe (81′) and R. Watanabe for Leandro (81′).
Top player: Adailton
Probably the most impressive player in Tokyo was Adailton.
His rating is with 2 goals, 43 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.
Kawasaki Frontale: Formation and Lineups
Also Kawasaki Frontale adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the other side, Toru Oniki played with: Sung-Ryong Jung , Miki Yamane , Jesiel , Shogo Taniguchi , Kyohei Noborizato , Yasuto Wakizaka , João Schmidt , Kento Tachibanada , Akihiro Ienaga , Yu Kobayashi and Marcinho .
Substitutes
Kawasaki Frontale made 5 changes: K. Noborizato for K. Tanno (33′), Y. Wakizaka for S. Kurumaya (46′), Y. Kobayashi for K. Chinen (59′), J. Schmidt for R. Oshima (59′) and Marcinho for K. Yamamura (81′).
Top player: Marcinho
The player who no doubt impressed Kawasaki Frontale the most was Marcinho.
His rating is with 1 goal, 17 passes (64% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 12.
Results of the day
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