Japanese J.League

FT Friday, February 28, 2014
Albirex Niigata WWWWW 2
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Vegalta Sendai DLLLL 1
1st2ndT
ALB112
VEG011
Sendai Stadium

Head to Head

ALB leads series 4-1

Lineups

VEG

  1. 21Kentaro SekiG
  2. 25Naoki SugaiD
  3. 2Jiro KamataD
  4. 5Naoki IshikawaD
  5. 23Hiroshi FutamiD
  6. 17Shingo TomitaM
  7. 6Makoto KakudaM
  8. 11Yoshiaki OtaM
  9. 10Yong Gi RyangM
  10. 8Michael McGlincheyF
  11. 18Rodrigues Fonseca WilsonF

Substitutes

  1. 27Takuya TakeiM
  2. 19Yuki MutoF
  3. 24Shingo AkamineF

ALB

  1. 21Tatsuya MoritaG
  2. 27Ken MatsubaraD
  3. 4Michael JamesD
  4. 3Kentaro OiD
  5. 19Kim Jin-SuD
  6. 8Serejo Hugo Leo SilvaM
  7. 18Sho NaruokaM
  8. 10Atomu TanakaM
  9. 16Hideya OkamotoM
  10. 9Tatsuya TanakaF
  11. 20Kengo KawamataF

Substitutes

  1. 2Kazunari OnoD
  2. 11Dos Santos Rogerio PinheiroM
  3. 28Musashi SuzukiF

Timeline

  1. 25'
  2. 39'
  3. 49'
  4. 52'
  5. 68'
  6. 73'
  7. 74'
  8. 87'
  9. 89'
  10. 90'

Japanese J1 League News

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