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2019 J.League Cup Final
2019JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ 決勝
The match took place at Saitama Stadium
Event2019 J.League Cup
After extra time
Kawasaki won 5–4 on penalties
Date26 October 2019
VenueSaitama Stadium, Saitama
RefereeYusuke Araki
Attendance48,119
WeatherSunny, 25.4 °C (78 °F)
2018
2020

The 2019 J.League Cup Final was an association football match between Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo and Kawasaki Frontale on 26 October 2019 at Saitama Stadium. It was the 27th edition J.League Cup, organised by the J.League. Consadole Sapporo were playing in their first J.League Cup final, having never previously made it beyond the quarter-final stage. Kawasaki Frontale were playing in their fifth J.League Cup final, most recently finishing runners-up in 2017 where they lost 2–0 to Cerezo Osaka.[1]

Yusuke Araki was the referee for the match, which was played in front of 48,119 spectators. The match was tied 1–1 at half-time following goals from Daiki Suga and Hiroyuki Abe. Kawasaki scored an 88th-minute goal through Yu Kobayashi but Consadole grabbed a late equalizer to take the game to extra time. Consadole took the lead again in the 99th minute with a free-kick goal by Akito Fukumori, following a foul in which a red-card was shown to Kawasaki defender Shogo Taniguchi. In the 109th minute, Yu Kobayashi scored his second for Kawasaki, tying the game at 3–3. Neither team could find a winning goal so it was decided by a penalty shoot-out. Kawasaki eventually won 5–4 on penalties and were crowned champions of a domestic cup competition for the first time.[2]

As winners, Kawasaki Frontale earned the right to play against the winners of the 2019 Copa Sudamericana in the 2020 J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship.

Teams

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Team League Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Consadole Sapporo J1 League 0
Kawasaki Frontale J1 League 4 (2000, 2007, 2009, 2017)

Route to the final

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The tournament consisted of 20 teams, beginning with a group stage consisting of four groups of four teams. The top two teams of each group would then advance to a two-legged play-off stage. The winners of the play-offs would then be entered into a final knockout stage, alongside four teams that received byes due to their commitments in the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage.[3]

Consadole Sapporo Round Kawasaki Frontale
Opponent Result Group stage Bye
Yokohama F. Marinos 1–1 (A) Matchday 1
V-Varen Nagasaki 0–0 (H) Matchday 2
Shonan Bellmare 4–1 (H) Matchday 3
V-Varen Nagasaki 3–6 (A) Matchday 4
Yokohama F. Marinos 0–4 (H) Matchday 5
Shonan Bellmare 2–2 (H) Matchday 6
Group A winners

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Consadole Sapporo 6 9
2 V-Varen Nagasaki 6 8
3 Yokohama F. Marinos 6 8
4 Shonan Bellmare 6 7
Final standings
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Júbilo Iwata 2–4 1–2 (A) 2–1 (H) Play-off stage Bye
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4–3 3–2 (H) 1–1 (A) Quarter-finals Nagoya Grampus 4–2 2–0 (H) 2–2 (A)
Gamba Osaka 2–2 (a) 2–1 (A) 1–0 (H) Semi-finals Kashima Antlers 3–1 3–1 (H) 0–0 (A)

Pre-match

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Venue selection

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The final was hosted in Saitama Stadium, the sixth year in a row that this venue was used in place of the National Stadium whilst the new national stadium was being constructed.

Analysis

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Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo had never reached further than the play-off stage of the J.League Cup. Kawasaki Frontale had been finalists in the competition on four previous occasions, the most recent in 2017. Neither team had ever won a domestic cup. In their only meeting in the 2019 J1 League, they played out a 1–1 draw in Kawasaki. Sapporo had won only one game in their last 24 against Kawasaki in all competitions, with their only previous victory coming in 1998.[4][5]

Due to their participation in AFC Champions League group stage games, Kawasaki received byes for both the group stage and the play-off stage and therefore played eight less games than Consadole Sapporo in the competition. Sapporo finished top of their group and came through close ties in both the quarter-final and semi-final, knocking out Gamba Osaka in the latter on away goals.

Match

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The ceremony before the start of the game as seen from the main stand side. Supporter seats are on the left side for Sapporo (home) and on the right side for Kawasaki (away).

For Consadole Sapporo, Takuma Arano came in to replace their injured captain Hiroki Miyazawa. They lined up in a 3-4-2-1 formation, with Chanathip Songkrasin and cup top-scorer Musashi Suzuki sitting just behind Jay Bothroyd. For Kawasaki, manager Toru Oniki made the decision to bench key players Yu Kobayashi and Kengo Nakamura, lining up in a 4-2-3-1 formation with Leandro Damião the sole striker.[6][7]

First half

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The game had a tense start with opportunities coming at both ends, however the deadlock was broken by Sapporo in the 10th minute. Kawasaki's Shogo Taniguchi made a headed clearance which fell to left-midfielder Daiki Suga who fired a volley which went into the net off the underside of the bar. Kawasaki then upped the pressure on Sapporo with the best chance falling to Leandro Damião who hit the post from six yards out. In the 44th minute, Sapporo failed to clear a corner and the ball fell to Hiroyuki Abe at the back post who chested the ball down and scored the equalizer for Kawasaki, firing the ball low between the goalkeeper's legs.

Second half

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Kawasaki began to dominate in the second half, with big chances falling to Wakizaka in the 58th and 59th minute, but he could not convert them into goals. Wakizaka was then substituted in the 64th minute for Kengo Nakamura and was soon joined by Yu Kobayashi who replaced Damião in the 73rd minute. In spite of their pressure, it wasn't until the 88th minute that Kawasaki scored their second goal to take the lead. Following a lobbed through ball from Ryota Oshima, substitute Kobayashi chested the ball down and scored past the on-rushing goalkeeper. Deep into injury time, Sapporo managed to score an equalizer to take the game to extra time following a headed goal by Kazuki Fukai from Akito Fukumori's corner.

Extra time

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In the 96th minute with Sapporo's Chanathip through on goal, Shogo Taniguchi made a mistimed challenge just outside the box and following a decision from the VAR, Taniguchi was shown a red card and Kawasaki were down to 10 men. The resulting free-kick was taken by Sapporo captain Fukumori, who scored directly into the top corner to the goalkeeper's right. In the 109th minute in the second half of extra time, Kawasaki scored to take the game to 3–3 with Yu Kobayashi scoring his second goal of the game. Following a corner which Sapporo failed to clear, Kazuya Yamamura volleyed the ball across the goal which Kobayashi bundled in from 2 yards out. Neither team could find a winning goal in extra time, so after 120 minutes of football and six goals scored, a penalty shoot-out would decide the championship.

Penalties

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Kawasaki would take the first penalty, which would be taken in front of the end housing the Kawasaki fans. Captain Kobayashi sent the goalkeeper the wrong way to put Kawasaki 1–0 up. Anderson Lopes took Sapporo's first penalty and after a stuttered run-up, also sent Shota Arai the wrong way. Kazuya Yamamura and Musashi Suzuki both scored the next penalties, followed by Kengo Nakamura and Kazuki Fukai also scoring theirs to take the shoot-out to 3–3. Kawasaki's Shintaro Kurumaya struck the crossbar with his penalty, and following Lucas Fernandes scoring Sapporo's fourth, the pressure was on Kawasaki as they were 4–3 down. Akihiro Ienaga held his nerve to fire his penalty past the outstretched goalkeeper to tie the game at 4–4. With the chance to win the game for Sapporo, Naoki Ishikawa's penalty was saved by Asai and the shoot-out continued. Tatsuya Hasegawa took Kawasaki's sixth penalty and scored into the top left corner. Centre-back Ryosuke Shindo's penalty was saved again by Asai down to the goalkeepers right, meaning Kawasaki won the shoot-out by 5 goals to 4.[8][9]

Details

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Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo3–3 (a.e.t.)Kawasaki Frontale
Suga 10'
Fukai 90+5'
Fukumori 99'
Report Abe 45+3'
Kobayashi 88', 109'
Penalties
A.Lopes soccer ball with check mark
Suzuki soccer ball with check mark
Fukai soccer ball with check mark
L. Fernandes soccer ball with check mark
Ishikawa soccer ball with red X
Shindo soccer ball with red X
4−5 soccer ball with check mark Kobayashi
soccer ball with check mark Yamamura
soccer ball with check mark Nakamura
soccer ball with red X Kurumaya
soccer ball with check mark Ienaga
soccer ball with check mark Hasegawa
Attendance: 48,119
Referee: Yusuke Araki
GK 25 South Korea Gu Sung-yun
DF 3 Japan Ryosuke Shindo
DF 20 South Korea Kim Min-tae
DF 5 Japan Akito Fukumori (c) downward-facing red arrow 106'
MF 19 Japan Kosuke Shirai downward-facing red arrow 73'
MF 27 Japan Takuma Arano
MF 8 Japan Kazuki Fukai downward-facing red arrow 88'
MF 4 Japan Daiki Suga Yellow card 88' downward-facing red arrow 117'
FW 9 Japan Musashi Suzuki
FW 18 Thailand Chanathip Songkrasin
FW 48 England Jay Bothroyd downward-facing red arrow 58'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Japan Takanori Sugeno
DF 2 Japan Naoki Ishikawa upward-facing green arrow 106'
MF 7 Brazil Lucas Fernandes upward-facing green arrow 73'
MF 23 Japan Yoshihiro Nakano upward-facing green arrow 117'
MF 26 Japan Ryota Hayasaka
FW 11 Brazil Anderson Lopes upward-facing green arrow 58'
FW 13 Japan Yuto Iwasaki
Manager:
Serbia Mihailo Petrović
GK 21 Japan Shota Arai
DF 2 Japan Kyohei Noborizato
DF 34 Japan Kazuya Yamamura
DF 5 Japan Shogo Taniguchi (c) Red card 96'
DF 7 Japan Shintaro Kurumaya
MF 10 Japan Ryota Oshima downward-facing red arrow 100'
MF 25 Japan Ao Tanaka
MF 41 Japan Akihiro Ienaga Yellow card 115'
MF 28 Japan Yasuto Wakizaka downward-facing red arrow 64'
MF 8 Japan Hiroyuki Abe downward-facing red arrow 91'
FW 9 Brazil Leandro Damião downward-facing red arrow 73'
Substitutes:
GK 1 South Korea Jung Sung-ryong
DF 3 Japan Tatsuki Nara
DF 26 Brazil Maguinho upward-facing green arrow 100'
MF 22 Japan Hokuto Shimoda
MF 16 Japan Tatsuya Hasegawa upward-facing green arrow 91'
MF 14 Japan Kengo Nakamura upward-facing green arrow 64'
FW 11 Japan Yu Kobayashi upward-facing green arrow 73'
Manager:
Japan Toru Oniki

Assistant referees:
Hiroshi Yamauchi
Ryo Hirama
Fourth official:
Takuto Okabe

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

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Statistic Consadole Sapporo Kawasaki Frontale
Goals scored 3 3
Total shots 10 19
Shots on target 5 9
Saves 6 2
Corner kicks 6 10
Fouls committed 10 19
Possession 51% 49%
Yellow cards 1 1
Red cards 0 1

Post-match

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By winning the match, Kawasaki Frontale won their first J.League Cup in their history. Toru Oniki, the winning manager, said "The players didn't give up until the very end and the supporters really continued to support me by believing in us. I really appreciate that. I am grateful to the players and supporters". His opposite number, Mihailo Petrović said "I've been in Japan for a long time, but looking back on the past finals of the Levain Cup, I think it was one of the best finals. I think the players did their best, and the effort was wonderful. We must be proud of that effort". Kawasaki's Kengo Nakamura thanked Sapporo manager Petrović after the game, saying "We were the ones who won in the end, but I think Sapporo has fought so well. Thank you very much".[10]

One of Sapporo's key offensive players Chanathip admitted post-match that he did not want to take a penalty in the shoot-put due to him missing a vital one in his youth, so was only listed as the ninth potential penalty taker.[11]

The monetary reward to Kawasaki Frontale for winning the trophy was 150,000,000円, with runners-up Consadole Sapporo awarded 50,000,000円.[12]

For his two penalty saves in the shoot-out, Shota Arai was awarded the MVP award and received a prize of 1,000,000円.[13]

As winners, Kawasaki Frontale were due to play the winners of the 2019 Copa Sudamericana, Independiente del Valle, in the 2020 J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship, however this game was not played firstly due to a scheduling clash with the 2020 Summer Olympics but ended up being suspended entirely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[14]

References

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