YCAC may have had the toughest climb for the cup to get to where they are. Having to face off against FC International in their first round, they won the penalties after a 2-2 draw. They next beat Dutch FC and were matched against Nepal United in the cup quarter finals. As a Division 2 team, they've already done very well beating FC International. Even if they lose against Nepal United, one could say that they had a very good run in the cup.
The Robert Walters Team of the Week goes to Guapo FC after their win in the plate game against Shane FC.
Guapo are a new team in the league that have joined this season. Their league run has been tough, currently in the bottom three of Division 3. However their cup/plate preformance has been very solid so far.
Some surprising results this weekend. Real Celts qualify to the semifinal after beating King George with 10 players. Fussa FC played BFC Vagabonds and despite going down 2 goals, they make an incredible comeback and score 3 goals in the last 30 minutes to win their league game. Brunello also made a comeback in their league game against Jetro after Jetro's goalkeeper got sent off due to a deliberate handball outside the box.
An exciting weekend for the FJ Cup!
A close game between BFC Vagabonds and Albion Old Boys with both teams fighting right until the end. Albion Old Boys proceeds to the next plate round where they will face Sagaramatha FC or FC International. YeBoiz played an excellent game against FC Panthers, moving the ball and dominating possesion but not getting the finish off resulting them getting knocked out. FC Panthers will face either Hibernian FC or Kanto Celts for the next round.
The Robert Walters team of the week goes to Brunello over their win against Dutch FC
Both teams were mid table in standings, with Dutch FC sitting at 14 points and Brunello sitting at 12 (9th place)
The two teams faced off at BST Nagasawa Sports Ground with the weather conditions being less than ideal. Cold temperatures and heavy rain fell down during the game but that didn’t phase Brunello FC. They wanted to clear themselves out of the relegation line and it showed in their game play.
This weeks Robert Walters TOTW goes to Pumas FC over there hard earned win over Nepal United.
The game was very tough for both sides, with no goals being scored in the first half. Both teams were creating good oppurtunities, Pumas were getting many shots off, Nepal United scored a goal that was called off due to an offside. Pumas adopted a high press strategy to counteract and suffocate the possesion based style Nepal United wanted to play.
The first round of the Footy Japan ESR cup has finally been played. Most of the match results were very predictable with the higher division team consistantly winning their games.
Kanto Celts (d2) beat Guts (d3) 7-1, YeBoiz (d2) beat Saitama Jets (d3) 4-1, Dutch (d2) beat BFC Vagabonds (d3) 6-0, Suns (d2) beat Real Celts (d3) 9-0, Lions (d1) beat King George (d3) 10-2, Eastern Capital (d1) beat Sagarmatha (d3) 5-0.
Coming off a solid win against FC Nepal last week, Hibernian FC were up against top-tier FC International.
Hibs convincingly won against FC International, which gives them an important lead over other teams and puts them at the top of the table. Goal scorers were a mix of the Hibs young generation player; Hiroki Kobayashi (2) and old generation player; Tomomitsu Kunii (1) with a sprinkle of new comers; Keisuke Suzuki (1), Tokiharu Masamori (1)
Eastern Capital FC
Brunello FC
Pumas FC
YeBoiz FC
Clash FC
Panthers FC
BEFC
Hibernian FC
FC Sagarmatha
Fussa FC
Zion FC
YC&AC
Dutch FC
FC Nomade
FC International
Guapo FC
SUNS FC
Sala FC
Lions FC
Saitama JETS FC
Kilimanjaro FC
Jetro FC
Teranga FC
Albion Old Boys FC
Shane FC
BFC Tokyo
King George FC
BEFC Lions
