KAWASAKI — With their full complement of forwards, Kawasaki Frontale possess a fluid attacking threat able to dissect defenses far better than the one presented by Kashiwa Reysol on Saturday.
But with Juninho suspended and Magnum injured it was down to Kazuki Ganaha and Masaru Kurotsu to come up with the goods up front and they ultimately didn't do the second-highest scorers in the J. League justice in a 0-0 draw that can be chalked down as an opportunity lost to make up ground on league leaders Gamba Osaka.
Ganaha continues to look rusty despite having had plenty of time to find his feet after returning from his doping suspension the Okinawan forward has only one league goal this year while Kurotsu was guilty of wasting Kawasaki's best chance when presented with an open goal with just over a quarter of an hour to go. His provider was Kengo Nakamura, a cut above the rest of the fare on offer as the Japan international played with elan throughout on the sun-baked Todoroki turf.