A 59th-minute goal by midfielder Mitsuo Ogasawara handed the Kashima Antlers a deserved 1-0 victory over the Urawa Reds in the Nabisco Cup Final in front of 56,064 fans at Tokyo National Stadium on Monday.
Kashima Antlers forward Atsushi Yanagisawa shoots
during the second half of the J. League Nabisco Cup Final at
Tokyo National Stadium on Monday. The Antlers
won 1-0 to claim the Cup.
The fact that the goal took a wicked deflection off Reds defender Masami Ihara detracts little from the Antlers performance.
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