Late goal advances Kashima's league title

Kashima Antlers defeated Jubilo Iwata by a 95-minutes' header from a set-play on Saturday 29th November. Kashima has two points clear from 2nd place Nagoya (Nagoya won the Sunday matche).
Kashima and Iwata dominated from 1996 to 2002 to share the league championship. As Kashima was the leader and Iwata was just one place away from the relegation playoff slot, the big match got a different kind of tense. Iwata concentrated during almost all the time even Kashima crushed in Jubilo's side again.

2008 final matchday will be scheduled on Saturday 6th December. Kashima visits relageted Sapporo, while Iwata (37 points) seeks alive with Omiya (40), Niigata (39), Tokyo-V (37), and Chiba (35) to avoid one relagation and one playoff place.

2008 J.LEAGUE Division 1 Table (as of 11.30)

PT GP W D L GD (GF GA)

Kashima 60 33 17 9 7 25 55 30

Nagoya 58 33 17 7 9 13 48 35

Kawasaki-F 57 33 17 6 10 21 63 42

Oita 55 33 16 7 10 9 33 24

FC-Tokyo 55 33 16 7 10 6 48 42

Urawa 53 33 15 8 10 13 49 36

Shimizu 52 33 15 7 11 6 47 41

G-Osaka 50 33 14 8 11 -2 44 46

Kobe 47 33 12 11 10 3 39 36

Yokohama-M 45 33 12 9 12 6 37 31

Kashiwa 43 33 12 7 14 1 46 45

Kyoto 41 33 11 8 14 -7 36 43

Omiya 40 33 11 7 15 -10 35 45

Niigata 39 33 10 9 14 -15 29 44

Iwata 37 33 10 7 16 -7 40 47

Tokyo-V 37 33 10 7 16 -10 38 48

Chiba 35 33 9 8 16 -19 32 51

Sapporo 18 33 4 6 23 -33 36 69

Matches displayed in Local Time. Stadiums are located in Japan unless otherwise noted. Some stadium sells naming rights to sponsors ( Naming Rights/Original Name ) "ET" denotes matches are played in additional extra time. "v" denotes extra time matches ended with v-goal (golden goal). "PK" denotes the winner is decided with penalty shootout.

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2008.11.29 Late goal advances Kashima's league title

2008.11.29
Late goal advances Kashima's league title