Kashima Antlers 4–2 Nagoya Grampus Eight | 1996 Throwback | League Title Decider | J.LEAGUE

In the 1996 season, the J.League abolished the split-season format and followed a single-season one. Sixteen clubs played in a double round-robin format,
a total of 30 games per club. With two games to play, three clubs had the chance
to win the league title. If Kashima Antlers (red) managed to beat title rivals Nagoya Grampus (white), and Yokohama Flügels lost their match, Kashima Antlers would be virtually crowned champions, due to their vastly superior goal-difference over Yokohama Flügels. Now Kashima’s Technical Advisor, could Zico finally see his side win the title that had always alluded him as a player...?

Key Moments:
00:43 - '7 - GOAL - Alexandre Torres (No.7) - Nagoya Grampus
01:41 - '29 - GOAL - Yasuo Manaka (No.9) - Kashima Antlers
02:21 - '39 - GOAL - Yasuo Manaka (No.9) - Kashima Antlers
03:15 - '65 - GOAL - Mazinho (No.8) - Kashima Antlers
03:54 - '66 - GOAL - Naoki Soma (No.7) - Kashima Antlers
04:21 - MISSED PENALTY - Franck Durix (No.7) - Nagoya Grampus
05:06 - GOAL - Yasuyuki Moriyama (No.15) - Nagoya Grampus

Starting Line-Ups:
Kashima Antlers (5-3-2):
1 Masaaki Furukawa (28 years old) Goalkeeper
5 Naruyuki Naito (28 years old) Centre-Back
4 Ryosuke Okuno (27 years old) Centre-Back
3 Yutaka Akita (26 years old) Centre-Back
2 Jorginho (32 years old) Wing-Back
7 Naoki Soma (25 years old) Wing-Back ⚽️(GOAL '66)
10 Rodrigo Mendes (21 years old) Midfielder
6 Yasuto Honda (27 years old) Defensive Midfield
11 Tadatoshi Masuda (22 years old) Midfielder
9 Yasuo Manaka (25 years old) Forward ⚽️⚽️(GOALS '29, '39)
8 Mazinho (30 years old) Centre-Forward ⚽️(GOAL '65)
Subs:
16 Yohei Sato (23 years old) Goalkeeper
12 Ichiei Muroi (22 years old) Centre-Back
13 Toru Oniki (22 years old) Defensive Midfield
14 Yoshiyuki Hasegawa (27 years old) Centre-Forward
15 Atsushi Yanagisawa (19 years old) Centre-Forward

Nagoya Grampus Eight (3-4-2-1)
1 Yuji Ito (31 years old) Goalkeeper
4 Kazuhisa Iijima (26 years old) Centre-Back
5 Alexandre Torres (30 years old) Centre-Back ⚽️(GOAL '7)
3 Go Oiwa (24 years old) Centre-Back
2 Takayuki Nishigaya (23 years old) Midfielder
8 Tetsuya Asano (29 years old) Midfielder
7 Franck Durix (31 years old) Midfielder
10 Shigeyoshi Mochizuki (23 years old) Midfielder
9 Donald-Olivier Sié (26 years old) Attacking Midfield
6 Tetsuya Okayama (23 years old) Attacking Midfield
11 Takashi Hirano (22 years old ) Second Striker
Subs:
16 Ken Ishikawa (26 years old) Goalkeeper
13 Yasuaki Kato (20 years old) Defender
12 Tetsuhiro Kina (19 years old) Attacking Midfield
14 Takafumi Ogura (23 years old) Centre-Forward
15 Yasuyuki Moriyama (27 years old) Centre-Forward ⚽️(GOAL '85)

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