Yokohama Marinos beat Kobe Victory 3-1 on Saturday (5th) and won the championship, while Kawasaki Frontale also won 3-2 against FC Tokyo, and finally failed to defend their title as they came in second place by only 2 points. Shimizu S Pulse was relegated with Iwata Yamaha, while Kyoto Immortals are in the bottom 3 and have to play a relegation playoff.
The Mariners won the championship with a slight twist. They took the lead in the 26th minute with a header by Elba, but were equalized 1-1 by Muto Yoshinori before halftime. However, the Mariners took control in the second half, and took the lead again in the 53rd minute by Takuma Nishimura in front of the goal, and then Teruto Nakagawa in the 73rd minute, which helped the Mariners to win the Nippon Professionals Championship 3-1, following 2019.
The other side of the striker to win FC Tokyo, but also to hope that the sailors lose in order to defend the title, the chances are slim, although they started the game 19 minutes with Wakizaka Taidou first opened the record, but the goalkeeper Zheng Chenglong 29 minutes to receive a red card was expelled, so that the team was trapped in a bitter battle, then both sides of the goals between the bamboo, Tokyo has a Aidan Duce Santos double, the strikers with the Ma Xiannu and Watanabe Lingmao set the old crow, and ultimately can only be narrowly won 3 to 2.
