12 March, 2023 (Sunday) 18:40
Cerezo beat Osaka Tosu with Shinji Kagawa’s first goal since returning to the club, and earned his first win of the season! Nagoya moves into 2nd place with three wins over Kashiwa[Crynodeb: Meiji Yasuda J1 Rownd 4]
The Meiji Yasuda J1 League had 7 games in Division 4 on the 12th, and C Osaka, Sapporo and Hiroshima got their first wins of the season.
With Tosu at home, Cerezo Osaka managed to open the scoring in the 38th minute with Shinji Kagawa’s first goal since his return, followed by Rikujiki KATO’s second goal in the 52nd minute. Although one point was returned shortly before the end, they won 2-1.
Sapporo played Yokohama FM at home and won comfortably 2-0 with goals from Tsuyoshi Kogashiwa and Yuki Kobayashi. Hiroshima took the lead with Nassim Ben Khalifa’s goal in the 2nd minute, and although they were caught up once, Makoto Mitsuda scored the last PK in the 90 + 4th minute just before the end, and won 2-1 against Gamba Osaka.
In the 41st minute, Casper Junker scored the opening goal for Nagoya, which went into the home base of Kashiwa, followed by Kensuke Nagai’s second goal in the 52nd minute. In the 70th minute, they scored an own goal to secure a comfortable 3-0 victory. FC Tokyo defeated Yokohama FC 3-1 with two goals from Diego Oliveira and the first goal since Teruto Nakagawa joined.
In an away game against Shonan, Kyoto opened the scoring with a goal by Kosuke Kinoshita in the 55th minute, followed by a goal from Fuuki Yamada in the 74th minute to win 2-0. Kashima vs Fukuoka ended in a scoreless draw.
Meiji Yasuda Life League Situations J1
■ Matching data
C Osaka vs. Tosu
Sapporo vs. Yokohama FM
Kashima versus Fukuoka
Kashiwa vs. Nagoya
Tokyo FC vs. Yokohama FC
Shonan versus Kyoto
G Osaka vs. Hiroshima
