KAWASAKI -- Hisato Sato scored a brilliant hat trick in front of Japan coach Ivica Osim as Sanfrecce Hiroshima drew 3-3 away to Kawasaki Frontale in the J. League on Saturday.
Sanfrecce's Sato put himself in the frame for a place in the Japan team that plays Ghana on Wednesday by putting Hiroshima ahead three times in the match, but Frontale battled back each time to share the spoils at Todoroki Stadium.
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