23rd Sept 2015: Cerezo Osaka 2 - 2 Mito Hollyhock

I don't remember too much about this one but Mito Hollyhock weren't one of the higher placed teams in J2 so needless to say it was another annoying game in the end. Almost 15,000 for this game. You can see a goal from one of our seasonal random Brazilian loanees.

Tashiro looks down over I4 in Yanmar Stadium

Mito is not an easy place to travel from, in the big stadium so it looks a little sad but I think they left happy

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23rd Aug 2015 Oita Trinita 1 - 3 Cerezo Osaka Away Day Happiness!

Took the overnight ferry called the "Sunflower" from Osaka to Beppu for this one. Hot springs and 3 points awaited. The "Big Eye" was used in the 2002 World Cup.

The "Big Eye" makes more sense from here

Bumbaclot!! Random and insulting. Well done Trinita, thumbs up for this banner.

Oita is not a convenient place to get to!

Looks like a UFO from here

The home supporters doing their team proud by filling up a big section

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12th July Cerezo Osaka 3 - 1 Consadole Sapporo

Almost 10,000 for this game in Kincho.

"For the Top of Dreams"

Sapporo fans saw us on one of our rare good days unfortunately for them

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Inui's last game: Cerezo 1 - 3 Kashima Antlers

A battle between Brazilian managers and finally my prediction comes true. Today was Inui's last home game and he scored one of his best goals. He picked up the ball near the halfway line before jinking between a few Kashima players and netting our only goal of the game. By this time Kim Jin-Hyeon had already made a couple of decent saves so it wasn't looking easy but then Jin-Hyeon completely lost it. Two goals from Yuzo Tashiro followed before the break. For the first he caught Jin-Hyeon trying to pass the ball out from the back and I guess nobody warned him so Tashiro simply nicked the ball and slotted into an empty net. For Antlers' second Jin-Hyeon went to collect a cross he had no chance of getting and Tashiro nodded home another easy chance. In the second half we won a penalty from a push during a corner. Inui wanted to take it but Bo-Kyung stepped up and had his awful effort easily saved. The final embarressment for Jin-Hyeon was getting lobbed from the halfway line by Mitsuo Ogasawara just before the final whistle. Great goal but suspect postitioning from our young Korean keeper. Jin-Hyeon is his own harshest critic so it'll be interesting to see how he recovers from this. Inui said his farewell and will fly to Germany tomorrow to join Vfl Bochum 1848. In other transfer news Stoke and other teams in England are sniffing around Kim Bo-Kyung who has been described as the next Park Ji-Sung by...Park Ji-Sung. We had a crowd of just over 28,000 last night thanks in part to lots of free ticket offers, the effect of the Japan ladies team winning the World Cup and possibly for people to say goodbye to Inui. The atmosphere was one of the best in a long time. Credit to the Antlers fans for adding to a great night. They came, they sang, they won.

Kashima fans were well rewarded for their sterling effort

A heaving I4

The rare sight of a packed stadium

Jin-Hyeon distraught after he conceded the second

Inui tries his best for his last game, from the resulting corner we win a penalty...

...taken poorly by Kim Bo-Kyung.