Antlers seize J-League championship lead
Posted: Saturday November 21, 1998 10:56 AM
TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A goal by defender Ichiei Muroi on Saturday gave
the Kashima Antlers a 2-1 win over Jubilo Iwata in the first of two
games for the J-League season championship.
Defending champion Jubilo's forward Masashi Nakayama -
J-League's top scorer for the season - made the first goal on a
penalty kick in the seventh minute of the game.
The Antlers, the league's second-stage winners, tied it in the
second half when Kashima's Jorginho sent up a pass to team forward
Atsushi Yanagisawa on the right side of the field.
Yanagisawa then kicked the ball in the direction of striker
Yoshiyuki Hasegawa, who headed in a goal to tie the game at 1-1.
"I was responsible for the opening goal by Iwata and was
waiting for a chance to make up for it throughout the game," Muroi
told Kyodo News service.
Muroi had been called for a handball violation which gave Jubilo
the scoring penalty kick. But he netted the winning goal 20 minutes
into extra time, after a ball kicked by teammate Jorginho was
warded off by goalkeeper Tomoaki Ogami.
The Antlers' win at the National Stadium in Tokyo before a crowd
of 40,263 put the 1996 champions two points ahead as both teams
prepare for the next game at Kashima stadium set for next Saturday.
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