Kawasaki Frontale 5-0 Kanto Gakuin University

A plucky Kanto Gakuin University XI went down 5-0 in a friendly of four quarters at Frontale's training ground on Saturday. (No box score for this one...mainly because I can't find a logo for the opposition...and it's only a friendly).

The students faced a Frontale A-team (barring injuries and internationals) for the first two 35-minute periods and a B-team (including several trainees) for the latter two.

Stand-out performances were said to come from Taniguchi, Tasaka and the exciting 19-year-old, Kyohei Noborizato.

Another pre-season fixture has now been added against Senshu University on the 19th February, with further opponents yet to be decided for the 28th.

Scorers:
KUROTSU 30'
TANIGUCHI 32'
NOBORIZATO 67'
ANONYMOUS TRAINEE 71'
KUSUKAMI 136'

Vitor on the Mend

Vitor Junior returns from Brazil on Tuesday following surgery on the groin injury that kept him out of action for most of 2009.

The problem first flared up around the end of May and wouldn't go away, despite a short-lived return to action in July.

The club's official announcement gives a rehabilitation period of 5 weeks (from the date of the surgery), which could see him training again by the end of February. But it's likely to be a few weeks longer before we see him back in the blue and black.

In other news, three more pre-season friendlies have been announced:

• Kanto Gakuin University (6th Feb)
• Yokohama FC (12th Feb)
• Ventforet Kofu (15th Feb)