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    Champions’ stiff challenge

    Feb 21, 2020 3 minutes
    MIKE PLASTOW

    The new J.League season kicked off in February with Yokohama F-Marinos defending their first J.League title in 15 years and FC Tokyo, the club they pipped at the post last time out, drawing ever closer to a long-awaited maiden championship success.

    Kawasaki Frontale, champions in 2018 and League Cup winners last year, and Kashima Antlers, Japan’s most-crowned club, were also both itching for the restart after slipping up by their own high standards in the league last term.

    The J.League’s biggest spenders, Vissel Kobe, look as though they could be back on course for their aim

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