TerminalPortugal Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 We get the job done to 2-1 against JEF United in the second leg of the Nabisco Cup Quarter Final. It was looking difficult when they took the lead early but we came back, and deserved our victory. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 We face Kawasaki Frontale in the semi final of the Nabisco Cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 Our away performance is what gets us over the line with Guangzhou Evergrande in the Quarter Final of the Champions League as we draw 1-1 in Japan and get through on away goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 More Chinese opposition in the semi finals of the Champions League as we face off against Shanghai SIPG. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 The title race is clearly on the mind as the run in is shown. The obvious fixture is us away at Kashima, which could make or break our season. Elsewhere assuming the realistically Urawa are the other challengers, you would say Yokohama F Marinos and Gamba Osaka remain the only fixture you think they would potentially drop points. We have been so hit and miss this season that wouldn't want to say what we might do in our fixtures. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 Okay it's only been half the month, but the title race is getting too hot not to show you it game by game. We have had a fine month, we are getting some of that defensive steel that we had when I first joined the club. The table is delicately posied, Urawa won against Yokohama F Marinos, but Kashima beat Avispa but then lost to Sagan Tosu, which was unexpected. We play Kashima next away and if we win, it blows this title race wide open. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 WOW! Kashima have imploded just like we did in the middle of the season and we go there and beat them 2-0 and you can't say we didn't deserve to win the match. Urawa did win their game, as we expected against Yamaga. As mentioned Gamba is the game that I think could test them. There is one point between us, Kashima and Urawa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 Our huge week continues, as against all odds we go to Shanghai and pull off a big upset beating Shangai SIPG 2-0. We just need to keep it tight at the back in Japan and we will be going to the Champions League Final. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 Every game is huge now and we get the job done emphatically at home to Vissel Kobe winning 4-0. Elsewhere results have gone exactly how we needed them to as both Urawa and Kashima fail to find a way through and both draw 0-0. Two games away from the title. Please don't screw this up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 Nabisco Cup semi final rolls around, and it ends in 0-0 draw between us and Kawasaki Frontale. We shot ourselves in the foot by getting a man sent off, but held out for the draw. In many ways we had the better of the game, we could have won that game. We play the next leg in a few days at home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 A penalty was all we needed in the return leg as we get through Kawasaki Frontale on the night 1-0, to get to the Nabisco Cup Final. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 The old enemy is there again, as we play Urawa Red Diamonds in the final of the Nabisco Cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 The Tennohai Quarter Final comes around and we dispatch J2 Holly Hock 4-0 to reach the semi finals. The big matches are coming quick and heavy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 Meanwhile in the league, Urawa and Kashima play before us and apply ample pressure to our next game as they both win and leapfrog us in the table. We know if we just win our next two games we cannot be caught. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 We done it! We pick up a draw against Shanghai SIPG, 2-2 on the night booking our place in the Champions League final. This has to be one of the weirdest seasons I have ever witnessed as we are still on for a Quadruple. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 We will play Saudi Arabian side Al-Ahli in the Champions League final with the home leg first. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 The Tennohai semi final we see us face off against Kashima Antlers, hopefully they are still in a slumber by the time this game comes around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 Dreams of the quadruple remain alive as we bag our first piece of silverware of the season, as we completely outplayed Urawa Red Diamonds winning 3-0. At least our trophy winning modifier is now safe with this win but the first trophy of potentially four is in the bag. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 The league is back, with our game in hand against Avispa and we get the win we needed, in the end nervy but a 2-1 win is enough to return us to the summit of the table. We are now one win away from being J-League Champions. As mentioned one win away from being champions. We are one point clear of Urawa, two points clear of Kashima. Any of us could end up champions on the final day of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 YES!!!!! We had to wait to the second half, with the nerves jangling, finally we found a way through Bellmare, in the end taking them apart 3-0. WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!! Both Urawa and Kashima won their games but it means nothing as we take the title. We win the league by one point from Urawa, and the double of the potential quadruple is in the bag. That is our first title for 34 years, since last winning the J-League in 2011. KASHIWA REYSOL ARE JAPANESE CHAMPIONS!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TerminalPortugal Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 The Champions League Final first leg rolls around, and we have given ourselves every chance as we win the game 4-2 against defending champions Al-Ahli. It will require some defensive steel in the return leg in what I am sure will be an inferno of an atmosphere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 They scored first and we were up against it but the rapid response from Okayama settled the nerves and despite falling behind again we came back again, and when Ito put away the penalty we knew we would be lifting the Champions League trophy. What an amazing achievement, what an amazing season. KASHIWA REYSOL ARE ASIAN CHAMPIONS!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 Kashima are powerless to stop this train in the Tennohai semi final as we batter them 4-0 with Ito cementing his legendary status by getting all four goals. We book ourselves into the Final and we are one win away from an immortal achievement of completing the Quadruple. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 I had forgotten all about the FIFA World Club Cup, so it could be five trophies this season (perhaps a quintuple). We face Mexican side Pumas in the Quarter Final. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 Wow, I did not expect that. Our form at the moment is on another planet as we destroy Pumas 9-0 in the FIFA World Club Cup. Talk about send out statement of intent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 Nice to see we broke my previous record in one game! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 We will face Yokohama F Marinos in the final of the Tennohai. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 We get a very tough test next in the Club World Cup semi final as we face off against Copa Libertadores champions River Plate of Argentina. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 We are putting Asian and Japanese football on the map as we beat River Plate 2-1 to book a place in the Club World Cup Final. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 In the final of the Club World Cup we will face off against French titan Paris Saint Germain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 In the end PSG's quality shone through as we were powerless to stop them. In the end we lose, but with a creditable 3-1 scoreline. No quintuple, but the quadruple is still on! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 We win this rather strange award. Apparently we are the Merit Player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 We complete the quadruple by beating Yokohama F Marinos and again Ito is the legend as he scores a final hat-trick to give us the trophy. It has been an amazing season, considering where we were at one point, we looked dead and buried and here we are holding all the trophies we could have dreamt about. An incredible season and an incredible achievement from the players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 Right it's time to calculate the air miles for the season We won 47 games this season. The equation is as follows:- 3 x 5.73 x 2 x 1 = 34.35 air miles per win = 1,614.55 air miles won this season, therefore added to the 2,404.24 air miles we already had means we now have 4,018.79 air miles in the kitty. The map now looks like this:- As can be seen the circle has gone wavy again as we come out the other side of the arctic. We have pretty much reached the extremities of what can be considered European Russia. We could add Kazakhstan, but there would be no real point at this stage. A closer look shows us we are just short of Ufa and now not very far away from Moscow or St Petersburg as we move closer and closer to Europe. If we have another season like we did this season, we could find we will be there sooner than we think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 For posterity, I just had a crash and we had to return to day before the Tennohai final, but we won the game again anyway 2-0, so no real difference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 Well it seems our famous quadruple is short lived as the season is back for the J-League and pre-season is about to start and with that we also get the Nabisco Cup Group draw, with Avispa, JEF United and Yokohama F Marinos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 First signing of the new season and we get in Kanta Kitani, a stiker from Kashima Antlers for £1.1m. He is mostly good quality back up on the bench, which is always a good idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 Despite the fact that we won the Champions League last season, it has not stopped Japan falling in the coefficients, so now there are still 4 Champions League spots but two of them require a playoff to to be played. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 Another signing and this time is right winger Wataru Aso who comes in Yokohama F Marinos for £1.4m. He is a good addition, as we have been very reliant on Park Byung-Soo on the right hand side and he is getting older. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 Kudo just isn't going to get much football here, so we are happy to let him move on to Julio Iwata for £375k although we will have to pay a portion of his wages for the remaining year he has left on his contract Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 Another top quality signing as we raid Kashima Antlers for Kazuhiko Matsuda for defensive midfield. He is probably first team ready and he costs us £1.7m Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 Park Byung-Soo was upset with the increasing competition for places, and added to the fact that he is now 34, I felt it was time to move him on. He goes back to South Korea to join Hyundai Ulsan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 The Super Cup will put us against Urawa Red Diamonds, would dearly love to win this to make the trophy modifier safe in the first game of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 The odds are out for the new season and are 4th although it is pretty close between the top four. We are being taken seriously this year as title contenders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 Another signing into the club in the form of Nobuhiro Honnami from Kawasaki Frontale for £2m. He should be a good addition to the defensive line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 Pre-season is over and it could not really have gone much better for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 The Champions League group stage draw has been made, and we have been drawn in Group E with Port of Thailand, Shandong Luneng of China and Sydney FC of Australia. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerminalPortugal Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 The Super Cup comes around and I am delighted that we managed to get the win especially after going a goal behind. That secures the trophy modifier for this season, so pretty happy with that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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