Tokyo, 14 May, /AJMEDIA/
Kashima Antlers beat fellow founding member Nagoya Grampus 2-0 on Sunday as the J-League celebrated its 30th anniversary with a specially arranged match at Tokyo’s National Stadium.
Yuma Suzuki and substitute Kei Chinen scored as resurgent Kashima won their fifth straight match without conceding in front of a crowd of 56,020, and their Brazilian icon Zico, watching in the stands in a rematch of the two sides’ very first game in the J-League.
During their first match just two days shy of 30 years ago, England’s 1986 World Cup top scorer Gary Lineker had a goal ruled out for Nagoya for a dubious offside before Zico scored a hat-trick and Alcindo Sartori hit a brace in a 5-0 win for the home side at Kashima Stadium.
