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Sendai wins first home game after earthquake

Sendai gewinnt erstes Heimspiel nach ErdbebenSendai wins first game after the earthquake © SID-IMAGES/AFP/KAZUHIRO NOGI

50 Days after the devastating earthquake disaster in Japan the team of Vegalta Sendai in the crisis region has denied his first home game.


Sendai (SID) - 50 days after the devastating earthquake disaster in Japan has denied his first home game the team of Vegalta Sendai in the crisis region. The team from the North-East Coast defeated in the championship game of the J-League on Friday Urawa Red diamonds 1-0.


Prefecture head Yoshihiro Murai stated that the match was "Another step in the direction of reconstruction". Because of the consequences of the earthquake and the tsunami, the team of Sendai last not at the stadium site could train. In the previous week had Vegalta played his first game after the natural disaster and it won 2-1 at Kawasaki Frontale.