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)
It's been over a year since we've had any sort of 7 aside football but it finally happened. January 29th at YCAC. 10 teams duking it out in two groups. It was great to see so many international communities coming together to play a common sport.
After a tough 3-3 draw against Fussa last week, Real Celts pulled together for a very solid performance against BFC Vagabonds, earning them the Robert Walters team of the week!
Game was held at one of TML's latest venues, BST Nagasawa Sports Ground, which has a slightly smaller pitch size. The turf itself is gorgeous which makes it a joy for any footballer to play on.
Clash FC
Panthers FC
BEFC
Hibernian FC
FC Sagarmatha
Eastern Capital FC
Brunello FC
Pumas FC
YeBoiz FC
Zion FC
YC&AC
Dutch FC
FC Nomade
FC International
Guapo FC
SUNS FC
Sala FC
Fussa FC
Saitama JETS FC
Kilimanjaro FC
Jetro FC
Teranga FC
Albion Old Boys FC
Shane FC
BFC Tokyo
King George FC
BEFC Lions
Lions FC
