The final matchday from 2017 J1 League season saw one of the most nail-biting finishes to a title race in J.League history. Heading into this final day, Kashima Antlers (pink) were two points ahead of Kawasaki Frontale (blue), but Kawasaki possessed a far superior goal difference. This meant that if Kashima failed to win against old rivals Júbilo Iwata (light blue & white) and Kawasaki managed to beat the already relegated Omiya Ardija (orange & navy), the J1 League title would be heading to Kawasaki Frontale for the first time in their history. Zack Goldman will guide you as both matches unfold...
Starting Line-Ups:
Kawasaki Frontale (4-2-3-1):
1 Sung-ryong Jung (32 years old ) Goalkeeper
3 Tatsuki Nara (24 years old ) Centre-Back
5 Shogo Taniguchi (26 years old) Centre-Back
7 Shintaro Kurumaya (25 years old ) Left-Back
18 Elsinho (28 years old ) Right-Back
21 Eduardo Neto (29 years old ) Defensive Midfield
10 Ryota Oshima (24 years old) Central Midfield
41 Akihiro Ienaga (31 years old) Right Midfield
8 Hiroyuki Abe (28 years old ) Left Midfield
14 Kengo Nakamura (37 years old ) Attacking Midfield
11 Yu Kobayashi (30 years old ) Centre-Forward
Subs:
30 Shota Arai (29 years old ) Goalkeeper
2 Kyohei Noborizato (27 years old ) Left-Back
6 Yusuke Tasaka (32 years old ) Right-Back
19 Kentaro Moriya (29 years old ) Central Midfield
16 Tatsuya Hasegawa (23 years old ) Left Midfield
13 Koji Miyoshi (20 years old ) Attacking Midfield
9 Takayuki Morimoto (29 years old ) Centre-Forward
Omiya Ardija (4-4-2):
1 Nobuhiro Kato (32 years old ) Goalkeeper
4 Kohei Yamakoshi (24 years old) Centre-Back
25 Kazuma Takayama (21 years old ) Centre-Back
22 Takuya Wada (27 years old ) Left-Back
19 Ryo Okui (27 years old ) Right-Back
28 Aria Jasuru Hasegawa (29 years old ) Central Midfield
40 Akimi Barada (26 years old ) Central Midfield
7 Ataru Esaka (25 years old ) Right Midfield
44 Yusuke Segawa (23 years old ) Left Midfield
16 Mateus (23 years old ) Second Striker
33 Marcelo Toscano (32 years old ) Centre-Forward
Subs:
21 Hitoshi Shiota (36 years old ) Goalkeeper
35 Dongsu Kim (22 years old ) Centre-Back
13 Daisuke Watabe (28 years old ) Right-Back
37 Cauê (28 years old ) Defensive Midfield
15 Keisuke Oyama (22 years old ) Central Midfield
17 Shigeru Yokotani (30 years old ) Central Midfield
10 Genki Omae (27 years old ) Second Striker
Júbilo Iwata (3-4-2-1):
21 Krzysztof Kaminski (27 years old) Goalkeeper
35 Shun Morishita (31 years old ) Centre-Back
3 Kentaro Oi (33 years old ) Centre-Back
41 Shohei Takahashi (26 years old ) Centre-Back
8 Fozil Musaev (28 years old ) Defensive Midfield
40 Hayao Kawabe (22 years old ) Central Midfield
24 Daiki Ogawa (26 years old ) Right Midfield
13 Tomohiko Miyazaki (31 years old ) Left Midfield
10 Shunsuke Nakamura (39 years old ) Attacking Midfield
15 Adaílton (26 years old ) Second Striker
20 Kengo Kawamata (28 years old ) Centre-Forward
Subs:
36 Ryuki Miura (25 years old ) Goalkeeper
33 Yoshiaki Fujita (34 years old ) Centre-Back
7 Kota Ueda (31 years old ) Defensive Midfield
14 Masaya Matsumoto (22 years old ) Central Midfield
30 Rikiya Uehara (21 years old ) Central Midfield
11 Takuya Matsuura (28 years old ) Attacking Midfield
37 Seiya Nakano (22 years old ) Centre-Forward
Kashima Antlers (4-4-2):
21 Hitoshi Sogahata (38 years old ) Goalkeeper
3 Gen Shoji (24 years old ) Centre-Back
5 Naomichi Ueda (23 years old ) Centre-Back
16 Shuto Yamamoto (32 years old ) Left-Back
22 Daigo Nishi (30 years old ) Right-Back
4 Léo Silva (31 years old ) Defensive Midfield
20 Kento Misao (21 years old ) Defensive Midfield
25 Yasushi Endo (29 years old ) Right Midfield
11 Leandro (24 years old ) Left Midfield
8 Shoma Doi (25 years old ) Second Striker
33 Mu Kanazaki (28 years old ) Centre-Forward
Subs:
1 Sun-tae Kwon (33 years old ) Goalkeeper
24 Yukitoshi Ito (24 years old ) Right-Back
6 Ryota Nagaki (29 years old ) Defensive Midfield
40 Mitsuo Ogasawara (38 years old ) Central Midfield
30 Hiroki Abe (18 years old ) Left Winger
7 Pedro Júnior (30 years old ) Centre-Forward
9 Yuma Suzuki (21 years old ) Centre-Forward
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