On the 9th of this month, Kashima Antlers lost 0-1 against Kashiwa Reysol in the 7th round of the Meiji Yasuda J1 League. As the team has struggled so far this season, Kashima supporters have called out “Iwamasa Call” after the game, and some supporters and security guards have had troubles.
Kashima’s main players such as forward Yuma Suzuki, forward Kei Chinen, and midfielder Seima Doi all started in the match against Kashiwa. However, in the 32nd minute of the first half, U21 Japan national team FW Masahiro Hosoya scored the opening goal. Coach Iwamasa brought in midfielder Yuta Higuchi and defender Rikuto Hirose in the second half. While increasing possession of the ball, they looked for an opportunity to counterattack, but they failed to fire two shots on target. He gave Kashiwa his first win of the season.
After the match, the Kashima supporters behind the away goal chanted “Iwamasa! Oh!” In addition, the members of the supporter group got into a fight with the security guard behind the goal. As the Kashiwa supporters basked in the afterglow of their victory, the stadium was filled with a strange atmosphere.
The state of this Kashima supporter quickly spreads on Twitter. “The Iwamasa call is coming out of Iwamasa,” “Kashima’s goal behind the goal is overtime,” “Iwamasa call is really scary,” and “Iwamasa call is too ironic.” “Iwamasa call” is trending.
In addition, the behavior of the supporter group has been criticized, such as “Are you going to cause trouble again?”
Kashima supporters are also attracting attention for their bus surroundings after the J1 League Round 6 Sanfrecce Hiroshima game on the 1st of this month. The supporters’ anger has reached its peak as they have suffered their fourth league loss of the season against Kashiwa and are sluggish in 14th place, nine points behind leaders Vissel Kobe.
