On May 12, in a J1 league game that was advanced because of the AFC Champions League, Kawasaki Forward was tied 2-2 at home by Sendai Tanabata. Kawasaki tied J1's longest unbeaten record, but also lost the opportunity to challenge another record.
Due to the 2021 season of the AFC Champions League, some of the matches of the Kawasaki striker have been carried out ahead of schedule, and have played 16 games so far, 2-4 more than the teams that do not play in the AFC Champions League, and 6 games more than Gambado, who was suspended because of the new crown. Their 16-game record is 13 wins and 3 draws to remain unbeaten, scoring 41 goals to win J1 and conceding 12 goals only than Tosu, Yokohama Mariners and Gumbado.
Against Sendai Tanabata, who has only won 1 win in the season, Kawasaki rotated a lot of main players, but even so, veteran Yu Kobayashi completed the goal in the opening 3 minutes. After being tied by his opponents, supernova Mitsuru scored another lead, but unfortunately in the 5th minute of stoppage time, he was tied by Sendai's former Urawa foreign aid Martinus.
Although only a draw, Kawasaki is already 10 points ahead of Nagoya, who has played the same 16 games as himself, in the standings, and 15 points ahead of the third-place Yokohama Mariners in the four-game minor. Even if Yokohama wins, Kawasaki will still be the leader, but the pressure is a little bigger.
On the way to the championship last season, Kawasaki broke a number of J1 league records, such as the most goals, the most wins, the most points, the most consecutive wins, etc., and this season they continue to set more new records.
Drawing with Sendai, Kawasaki swept his unbeaten run to 21 cross-season matches, equaling the record set by the Omiya Squirrels in the 2012-13 season. And this weekend, they will face the Sapporo Gonzaga at home that makes them afraid, but the defense is not coming back. If there is no accident, Kawasaki will definitely rotate back to the main forces such as Damian and Akihiro, and the probability is at least not to lose, then the longest undefeated J1 will belong to them.
Regrettably, however, Kawasaki also lost the opportunity to continue to set another record.
Prior to this match, Kawasaki's most popular local star winger Mitsuru Zosuke held the record of winning as long as he scored, and this game has been in 15 games so far.
In the 2020 season, Sanji, who entered the league as a college rookie player, shocked Japan with 13 goals and 12 assists in a single season, and his breakthroughs, passes and incision shots on the left side became the most beautiful scenery in the J-League.
His 13 goals were spread over 11 matches, all 11 of which Kawasaki won against Shonan, Oita, Sapporo, Sakura (2), Shimizu, Yokohama Mariners (2), Hiroshima, Nagoya and Urawa. By this season, Mitsuru had scored five goals in four games before today, in which Kawasaki had defeated Sakura, Oita, FC Tokyo and Gamba.
2020 season three-fold competition record (the two rightmost columns are goals and assists data)
2021 Season Sanji Seiji Entry Record (before game against Sendai)
That is to say, before today, mitsuru scored a total of 18 goals in 15 games in his career game for J1, and Kawasaki won all 15 games. He has scored a total of 11 opponent goals, including 3 goals against Sakura in 3 times, which is his favorite opponent.
However, after today's 2-2 draw with Sendai, the number of three poles came to an abrupt end despite scoring but not winning. However, after 15 consecutive goalscorers, Mitsuru has come to the second place in history, and the first place is indeed difficult to surpass, and the record belongs to the man - Miura Chira.
Miura's record is also cross-season. In the fourth round of the first year of the J League in 1993, his goal helped Tokyo Berdy beat Kashima 1–0, which was also his first goal in the J League. He scored in 16 of the 32 rounds that followed, 36 throughout the season, 17 of which he scored, scoring 22 goals. The 17-game Tokyo Berdy won all victories against Kashima, Shimizu, Gamba, Urawa, Nagoya, Chiba, Hiroshima and Yokohama Flying Wings. Of the founding 10 teams, with the exception of his own team, Tokyo Beldi, only the Yokohama Mariners were not broken by him.
By the 1994 season, Miura's first 10 goals of the season helped the team beat Iwata, Chiba (2), Hiroshima, Gamba, Urawa, Yokohama Mariners and Shimizu in eight games. But in a match against Hiroshima on 18 May 1994, Ivan Hasakah scored a hat-trick when current Japanese national team coach Morihoichi scored and Miura only scored a comforting goal when the team was 3-0 behind in the 72nd minute, culminating in a 4-1 defeat to Tokyo Berdy. Miura Chira scored the record of all wins for the team, and finally stopped at 25 games.
However, Mitsuru is only 24 years old, and he can set a record of 15 goals and 15 wins in 1 and a half years, and he can also challenge Miura's stats again. Before last season, no player in the J League could score goals and assist two-doubles in his debut season, but he did it too!