Blue Samurai lead the way in the J-League

Blue Samurai dominated play in the J-League this week:

Júbilo Iwata held Nagoya Grampus Eight to a surprising scoreless draw with Nippon Daihyo tandem of Yūichi Komano 駒野 友 and ‘keeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 川口 能活 lead Júbilo.

Shinzo Koroki 興梠 慎三 scored for the Kashima Antlers in their 3-2 loss to FC Tokyo.

Shimizu S-Pulse soundly beat Gamba Osaka 3 – 1. Twenty-two year-old Shinji Okazaki 岡崎 慎司 scored on the hour mark to make it 3-0 for S-Pa

Yoshito Okubo 大久保嘉人 scored the lone goal of the match to lead Vissel Kobe to a 1-0 victory over Oita Trinita.

In Kawasaki Frontale’s 3-1 victory over Consadole Sapporo, Kengo Nakamura 中村 憲剛 opened the scoring after twenty minutes

Hajime Hosogai 細貝 萌 of the Olympic team for with ten minutes remaining to give the Urawa Red Diamonds a 1-0 victory over Albirex Niigata.

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