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Sell-out in Shimizu

albirex niigata | j. league | mike tuckerman | shimizu s-pulse

It's been a tough week for the citizens of Shimizu. Faced with the indignity of not one S-Pulse player making the J. Allstars team, football fans awoke last Tuesday to a sizeable earthquake shattering the peace of their sleepy town. It'll be a different noise rocking the port city this evening, with all 20,330 tickets snapped up for tonight's "Orange Derby" against high-flying Albirex Niigata. And Shimizu fans are likely to create a raucous atmosphere inside Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira, with Kenta Hasegawa's team set to launch a late charge towards the Asian Champions League places.