{"id":4029,"date":"2026-03-19T07:45:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T07:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/?p=4029"},"modified":"2026-03-19T07:45:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T07:45:36","slug":"non-goalkeeper-wins-j1-league-monthly-best-save-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/non-goalkeeper-wins-j1-league-monthly-best-save-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-goalkeeper wins J1 League monthly best save award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cerezo Osaka defender Ayumu Ohata won the J1 100 Year Vision League\u2019s Save of the Month WEST award for the month of February.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old was recognised for his remarkable goal-line clearance during Cerezo Osaka\u2019s 2-1 defeat to Sanfrecce Hiroshima.<\/p>\n<p>In the 22nd minute of the February 22 clash, Ohata produced an acrobatic effort to deny what looked like a certain goal and keep his side in the contest.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ja\">\u5927\u7551 \u6b69\u5922\u9078\u624b \uff12\u6708\u5ea6\u306e\u660e\u6cbb\u5b89\u7530\uff2a\uff11\u767e\u5e74\u69cb\u60f3\u30ea\u30fc\u30b0 WEST\u300c\u6708\u9593\u30d9\u30b9\u30c8\u30bb\u30fc\u30d6\u8cde\u300d\u3092\u53d7\u8cde\ud83c\udfc6\u2728\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ykSPTH2YeW\">pic.twitter.com\/ykSPTH2YeW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u30bb\u30ec\u30c3\u30bd\u5927\u962a\u30aa\u30d5\u30a3\u30b7\u30e3\u30eb (@crz_official) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/crz_official\/status\/2034525365939703881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite the award traditionally being reserved for goalkeepers, his save stood out enough to earn official recognition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m honoured to have been selected for February\u2019s Best Save Award. It means a lot, especially as I understand this is the first time an outfield player has received this recognition in the J1 League,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll continue to give everything we\u2019ve got, so we truly appreciate your continued passionate support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former <em>Weekly Soccer Magazine<\/em> editor-in-chief Satoshi Hojo described it as \u201can extraordinary save with massive impact\u201d, while retired footballer Ryohei Hayashi added that he had never seen a scorpion-style block like it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DVGRVckCGfa\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DVGRVckCGfa\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Cerezo Osaka (@cerezo_osaka_id)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cerezo Osaka defender Ayumu Ohata won the J1 100 Year Vision League\u2019s Save of the Month WEST award for the month of February. The 24-year-old was recognised for his remarkable goal-line clearance during Cerezo Osaka\u2019s 2-1 defeat to Sanfrecce Hiroshima. In the 22nd minute of the February 22 clash, Ohata produced an acrobatic effort to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/non-goalkeeper-wins-j1-league-monthly-best-save-award\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Non-goalkeeper wins J1 League monthly best save award<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[127],"class_list":["post-4029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-popular","category-top-stories","tag-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4029"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4032,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4029\/revisions\/4032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}