Wednesday 15 July 2009

June 2009: Minami-NagareYama to Sago, Chiba, Japan

南流山--> (武蔵野線) -->南船橋--> (京葉線) -->蘇我

Chiba ken has two local J-League teams. Both of the aren't doing too well on the table this year. One of them, JEF United has its stadium in Sago, right next to a crumbling, rusting factory. The fun part of attending any sport event (save for Sumo wrestling, I guess) is to check out the fans and supporters. The fans today are decked out in the bright yellow home colors.

The home team wasn't doing too well. Minutes before fulltime, one of the gaijin home player got a red card for stamping on the foot of the away player. The home team lost 2:0 and after the final whistle went around the field bowing to the supporter as apology. I wonder if the gaijin got himself red-carded purposely to avoid the "humiliation".

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