Veteran Gamba midfielder Tomokazu  satta king chart  Myojin opened the scoring for the Kansai side at a packed Expo '70 Stadium in Osaka, however Japan striker Shinji Okazaki equalised with a deflected effort midway through the second half.

Relegated sides Kashiwa Reysol, Oita Trinita and JEF United have all made bright starts to life in the second tier, with Kashiwa looking the team to beat after seven rounds of action.

Brazilian coach Nelsinho's team are the only unbeaten side left in the division, after the Sun Kings comfortably dispatched of Sagan Tosu 2-0 at Kashiwa Hitachi Stadium in Chiba.

Oita Trinita thumped Thespa Kusatsu 3-1 away from home, however JEF United slumped to a disappointing 2-1 loss in front of more than 7,500 fans at Momotaro Stadium in the west of Japan, as the visitors went down 2-1 away at Fagiano Okayama.

The Shikoku derby finished scoreless - to the disappointment of the 11,115 fans who turned out at Pocari Sweat Stadium - with local rivals Tokushima Vortis and Ehime FC forced to share the spoils in a hard-fought encounter.

Kashiwa Reysol lead the nascent standings from Oita Trinita, with surprise package Roasso Kumamoto currently lying in third place in the table.

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J. League Keluaran HKResults April 17-18 2010

Cerezo Osaka 2 Shonan Bellmare 1

Kashima Antlers 0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0

Urawa Reds 3 Kawasaki Frontale 0

Saturday 17 April

Gamba Osaka 1 Shimizu S-Pulse 1

FC Tokyo 1 Kyoto Sanga 1

Jubilo Iwata 1 Omiya Ardija 1

Montedio Yamagata 0 Yokohama F Marinos 1

Nagoya Grampus 1 Albirex Niigata 1

Vegalta Sendai 0 Vissel Kobe 1

J.League Table

Urawa Reds P 7 Pts 16

Shimizu S-Pulse P 7 Pts 15

Nagoya Grampus P 6 Pts 13

Kawasaki Frontale P 7 Pts 13

Kashima Antlers P 7 Pts 12

Yokohama F Marinos P 7 Pts 11

Leading Scorers for Keluaran HK

Shoki Hirai, Gamba Osaka 5

Shinji Kagawa, Cerezo Osaka 5

Ryang Yong Gi, Vegalta Sendai 4

Chong Tese, Kawasaki Frontale 4

Yesterday tickets went on sale over the counter at one of the big banks and at the FIFA ticketing office in Cape Town.

After being told by FIFA that there were tickets for all games, people who had been queuing from 0700 finally got to the counter at around 1400 to be told that only Category 1 tickets were available for some games.

My wife queued all day and bought nothing as only the minor games were available.

She saw a couple of gangster type guys right at the front of the queue producing ID books for 10 people and claiming 10 tickets on each ID book, obviously for touting later.

The computers could not cope and very few people were served per hour.

Police wrere called to control disgruntled fans in Johannesburg and at the FIFA Ticketing offices in CPT.

In my opinion FIFA's ticketing scheme is bullshit:

a. getting people ( myself included ) to buy tickets when they don't know which teams they will get.b. bringing more tickets on to the market in phases and inferring there is a scarcity,

c. not keeping people informed and not being able to reply promptly to queries.