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ROAD TO GLORY

FC Machida Zelvia of Japan are currently leading the J1 league after matchweek 27. The newly promoted club has exceeded all expectations, perhaps not even the most optimistic supporter of the club would have expected them to be title contenders in their very first season in the top flight.

Young sharpshooters like Shota Fujio and Se-hun Oh along with Australian international Mitchell Duke have been firing engines in J1 league 2024. Meanwhile Junya Suzuki, Kosei Tani, Gen Shoji and Ibrahim Drešević have been rock solid in defence and of course due credit to Go Kuroda for Machida's incredible run. The club bolstered their squad in the summer transfer window by signing players like Yoshiaki Arai, Yuta Nakayama, Ryohei Shirasaki and Yuki Soma. Even after loaning their highest assist provider: Yu Hirakawa to Bristol City, Machida doesn't seem to slow down in their conquest for the league title.

They have acquired 53 points from 27 games, having won 16, drawing 5 and losing 6 of them. They are closely followed by Sanfreece Hiroshima, Kashima Antlers, Gamba Osaka and the defending champions Vissel Kobe who are placed accordingly on the league table.

It will surely be a test of nerves and grit for FC Machida Zelvia as we slowly arrive towards the business end of the season. Can they do the impossible and lift the J1 title in their first season in Japan's top flight‽

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