Fernando Torres saves Tosu from relegation with last gasp golazo
The Spanish striker rifled in a glorious winner with the clock ticking down against Yokohama Marinos. Sagan Tosu, in 15th, are still is not safe from the drop...
His mission was to save Sagan Tosu from relegation and for the time being at least, he's doing just that. Fernando Torres stopped the team from directly dropping down a division with a magnificent, 80th minute strike in today's meeting with Yokohama Marinos.
Torres sends home fans wild
With one game to go, Sagan sit 15th on 40 puntos, level with Nagoya Grampus and four points above Kashiwa Reysol. However, Tosu could still go down if Nagoya beat Shonan Bellmare and they lose to Kashima on the final day. In the J.League, the bottom two teams are automatically relegated while the team finishing in 16th plays the team who ends 3rd in the second division (J2) to determine whether they stay in the category or not.