Kawasaki Frontale 4-2 Shonan Bellmare

Competition: J.League Division 1
Date: Saturday, 1st May 2010 (16:00 kick off)
Venue: Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 19,423

Scoresheet:

RENATINHO 37', 68' KOMIYAMA 73' NAKAMURA 89'

ABE 29' SAKAMOTO 39' (pen.) USUI sent off 65'

Teamsheet:

GK KAWASHIMA
DF MORI
DF IGAWA (yellow card 82')
DF TERADA
DF KOMIYAMA
MF TANIGUCHI (replaced by KUSUKAMI 62'(yellow card 77'))
MF NAKAMURA (yellow card 86')
MF TASAKA
MF VITOR JUNIOR (replaced by NOBORIZATO 74')
FW KUROTSU
FW RENATINHO (replaced by YOKOYAMA 90')

Comment:

Another valuable three points at fortress Todoroki. But might things have been different without the 65th-minute dismissal of Shonan defender Kohei Usui?

I'm not saying he didn't deserve to get his marching orders for what was a careless, two-footed, potential ankle-breaker on Komiyama. But up until the red card Frontale were still trailing their Kanagawa neighbours 2-1 and looking decidedly uncreative in the final third.

In the end it was a comfortable win. But be warned - there'll be plenty more hairy moments like Saturday's as long as the Terada-Igawa axis keeps coughing up cheap goals.

Highlights:

To follow...

Kawasaki Frontale v Shonan Bellmare

Pre-season friendly: Sat, 14th February 2009

	2 - 0
ANONYMOUS TRAINEE 105' NOBORIZATO 108'

Venue: Todoroki Stadium

Frontale maintained their 100% pre-season record with a 2-0 victory over J2's Shonan Bellmare on Saturday.

All the post-match talk surrounded young Kyohei Noborizato who registered his first goal as a professional player. And, by all accounts, it was a fairly dazzling effort.

The 18-year-old midfielder signed from Kagawa Nishi High School at the end of last year and was set to star in the national high school championship in January before injury ruled him out in the early stages.

Instead it was Kashima Antlers' recent acquisition Yuya Osako who went on to take the limelight in that competition and become labelled as Japan's brightest young prospect. But with both players opening their professional accounts this weekend the press has been quick to draw comparisons between the two.

Slightly dubious as to what stock should be put in this kind of press hype. Personally, I'd like to know more about Anonymous Trainee - he sounds like a real talent!