Under-pressure JFL outfit Arte Takasaki have confirmed the first new member of their squad following the recent departure of no fewer than ten players that has left in tatters their J-League dreams. Takeshi Ogawa is a forward who moves to Gunma from Kanagawa-based Seisho Club.
スポンサーサイト
A week ago, Shizuoka FC could manage only a 2-2 draw against Maruyasu Industry, which constituted a massive blow to their hopes of retaining the Tokai League Division 1 title. As of this weekend, Shizuoka's new rivals from FC Gifu have a hand on the championship trophy, after Maruyasu were seen off 3-0 to leave Gifu a massive eleven points ahead, with Shizuoka having only four more games to play.
Yasuhiro Yoshida, scorer of the opening goal for Gifu at Maruyasu
Sat 05 Aug: Maruyasu Industry 0-3 FC Gifu
1 FC Gifu 34 (+37)
2 Shizuoka FC 23 (+23)
3 Yazaki Valente 21 (+3)
4 Sagawa Kyubin Chukyo 15 (-6)
5 Maruyama Industry 14 (-6)
6 Fujieda City Hall 9 (-10)
7 Chukyo University 8 (-12)
8 ACM Central 1 (-29)
Yasuhiro Yoshida, scorer of the opening goal for Gifu at Maruyasu
Sat 05 Aug: Maruyasu Industry 0-3 FC Gifu
1 FC Gifu 34 (+37)
2 Shizuoka FC 23 (+23)
3 Yazaki Valente 21 (+3)
4 Sagawa Kyubin Chukyo 15 (-6)
5 Maruyama Industry 14 (-6)
6 Fujieda City Hall 9 (-10)
7 Chukyo University 8 (-12)
8 ACM Central 1 (-29)
It was an unusually busy Saturday in the JFL this weekend, and one that indicated quite how intense the battle to avoid the bottom two places - which will probably involve a play-off against one of the top sides from the Regional Leagues in order to stay up - is becoming. Honda Lock would appear dead and buried in last place, but Mitsubishi Mizushima and Ryutsu Keizai University have both run into some form and are picking up points as a consequence. Mitsubishi were three up inside nineteen minutes at FC Kariya and held on despite conceding two Tomohiro Ito goals in the second half, while a brace from Yuta Mikado helped RKU past FC Ryukyu - disastrous results for Kariya and the Okinawans from Ryukyu, who have now been well and truly pulled into the dogfight.
Indeed, clubs as high up in the table as SC Tottori in tenth will now be sleeping much less easily, as the lower part of the table has suddenly become compacted to an extent that was not the case even a matter of a couple of weeks ago. All of which makes Tottori's home defeat to JEF Club - for whom form striker Shogo Kawano scored a hat-trick inside 21 minutes - yet more significant, and one wonders too how important Sagawa Printing's point against YKK AP might prove to be at the end of the season.
At the other end of the division, Yokogawa Musashino and Tochigi SC fought out a 1-1 draw that really does neither of them any good in terms of dragging them back into the title race. Mikito Nishihara's 49th minute goal for Sagawa Kyubin Osaka, on the other hand, gave his side a 1-0 win over Alo's Hokuriku, which means that they leapfrog both their company rivals Sagawa Kyubin Tokyo and YKK into third place, in what is proving an excellent season for both the Sagawa teams.
Through the smog at Yokogawa against Tochigi
Sat 05 Aug: FC Kariya 2-3 Mitsubishi Mizushima
Sat 05 Aug: Ryutsu Keizai University 4-2 FC Ryukyu
Sat 05 Aug: Sagawa Kyubin Osaka 1-0 Alo's Hokuriku
Sat 05 Aug: Sagawa Printing 1-1 YKK AP
Sat 05 Aug: SC Tottori 3-4 JEF Club
Sat 05 Aug: Yokogawa Musashino 1-1 Tochigi SC
1 Honda FC 50 (+23)
2 Rosso Kumamoto 46 (+21)
3 Sagawa Kyubin Osaka 45 (+21)
4 YKK AP 43 (+24)
5 Sagawa Kyubin Tokyo 42 (+31)
6 Yokogawa Musashino 40 (+11)
7 Tochigi SC 39 (+10)
8 Alo's Hokuriku 37 (+16)
9 Sony Sendai 32 (+6)
10 SC Tottori 23 (+1)
11 JEF Club 22 (-8)
12 Arte Takasaki 22 (-16)
13 Sagawa Printing 20 (-20)
14 FC Kariya 19 (-18)
15 FC Ryukyu 18 (-13)
16 Ryutsu Keizai University 18 (-19)
17 Mitsubishi Mizushima 17 (-32)
18 Honda Lock 9 (-38)
Action from Tottori’s home defeat at the hands of JEF Club
Indeed, clubs as high up in the table as SC Tottori in tenth will now be sleeping much less easily, as the lower part of the table has suddenly become compacted to an extent that was not the case even a matter of a couple of weeks ago. All of which makes Tottori's home defeat to JEF Club - for whom form striker Shogo Kawano scored a hat-trick inside 21 minutes - yet more significant, and one wonders too how important Sagawa Printing's point against YKK AP might prove to be at the end of the season.
At the other end of the division, Yokogawa Musashino and Tochigi SC fought out a 1-1 draw that really does neither of them any good in terms of dragging them back into the title race. Mikito Nishihara's 49th minute goal for Sagawa Kyubin Osaka, on the other hand, gave his side a 1-0 win over Alo's Hokuriku, which means that they leapfrog both their company rivals Sagawa Kyubin Tokyo and YKK into third place, in what is proving an excellent season for both the Sagawa teams.
Through the smog at Yokogawa against Tochigi
Sat 05 Aug: FC Kariya 2-3 Mitsubishi Mizushima
Sat 05 Aug: Ryutsu Keizai University 4-2 FC Ryukyu
Sat 05 Aug: Sagawa Kyubin Osaka 1-0 Alo's Hokuriku
Sat 05 Aug: Sagawa Printing 1-1 YKK AP
Sat 05 Aug: SC Tottori 3-4 JEF Club
Sat 05 Aug: Yokogawa Musashino 1-1 Tochigi SC
1 Honda FC 50 (+23)
2 Rosso Kumamoto 46 (+21)
3 Sagawa Kyubin Osaka 45 (+21)
4 YKK AP 43 (+24)
5 Sagawa Kyubin Tokyo 42 (+31)
6 Yokogawa Musashino 40 (+11)
7 Tochigi SC 39 (+10)
8 Alo's Hokuriku 37 (+16)
9 Sony Sendai 32 (+6)
10 SC Tottori 23 (+1)
11 JEF Club 22 (-8)
12 Arte Takasaki 22 (-16)
13 Sagawa Printing 20 (-20)
14 FC Kariya 19 (-18)
15 FC Ryukyu 18 (-13)
16 Ryutsu Keizai University 18 (-19)
17 Mitsubishi Mizushima 17 (-32)
18 Honda Lock 9 (-38)
Action from Tottori’s home defeat at the hands of JEF Club
| HOME |
