J-League week 32 summary

With only two weeks left to go in the J-League season Kashima Antlers looks poised to win the championship with a two-point advantage over Nagoya Grampus. The Antlers defeated Ōita 1-0 with Blue Samurai Atsuto Uchida goal ten minutes after the break.

With the hardware in sight, Antlers coach Oswaldo Oliveira said:

"Although the score was 1-0, we created many chances. If we had scored earlier, it would have been easier for us to play. We must steady ourselves and keep our concentration for the remaining two games."

Nagoya Grampus kept pace with a stunning 3-2 victory over Kyoto Purple Sanga. Veteran Atsushi Yanagisawa of fifty-eight international caps for Japan scored twice for Sanga but Frode Johnsen added a penalty strike for Grampus five minutes into added time for the important three points. Shimizu S-Pulse disappointed the exuberant supporters in Saitama as they defeated
Urawa Red Diamonds 2-1. Takuma Edamura gave the visitors the lead twenty-two minutes into the match before Marcus Tulio Tanaka's heroics brought the match level with twenty-two minutes remaining. However with seven minutes remaining Takuro Yajima shocked the home crowd and gave S-Pa the victory. Possibly the biggest surprise of the weekend was Kawasaki Frontale complete detonation of Gamba Osaka with a 4-0 victory.

Elsewhere in the J-League:

Jubilo Iwata 3
Kashiwa Reysol 3

Vissel Kobe 1
FC Tokyo 1

JEF United Ichihara-Chiba 0
Yokohama F. Marinos 3

Tokyo Verdy 1969 1
Consadole Sapporo 1

Albirex Niigata 2
Omiya Ardija 2

J-League week 32	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	P
Kashima Antlers 鹿島アントラーズ	32	16	9	7	54	30	57
Nagoya Grampus 名古屋グランパス	32	16	7	9	45	34	55
Kawasaki Frontale 川崎フロンターレ	32	16	6	10	59	42	54
Urawa Red Diamonds 浦和レッズ	32	15	8	9	49	35	53
Oita Trinita	32	15	7	10	31	24	52
FC Tokyo ＦＣ東京	32	15	7	10	47	42	52
Shimizu S-Pulse 清水エスパルス	32	14	7	11	44	39	49
Vissel Kobe ヴィッセル神戸	32	12	11	9	39	32	47
Gamba Osaka ガンバ大阪	32	13	8	11	43	46	47
Kashiwa Reysol 柏レイソル	32	12	7	13	46	45	43
Yokohama F Marinos 横浜Ｆ・マリノス	32	11	9	12	35	31	42
Kyoto Purple Sanga 京都サンガF.C.	32	11	7	14	35	42	40
Omiya Ardija 大宮アルディージャ	32	11	6	15	34	44	39
Albirex Niigata アルビレックス新潟	32	10	9	13	29	43	39
Tokyo Verdy 1969 東京ヴェルディ	32	10	7	15	38	46	37
Jubilo Iwata ジュビロ磐田	32	10	7	15	40	49	37
JEF United Ichihara-Chiba ジェフユナイテッド千葉	32	9	8	15	30	48	35
Consadole Sapporo コンサドーレ札幌	32	4	6	22	35	66	18