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Ryo Germain’s quad-trick proved instrumental as newly-promoted Jubilo Iwata won 5-4 away at Kawasaki Frontale on Friday’s J.League 1 action for their first win of the 2024 season. Moments after Kawasaki had come back from an early three-goal deficit, Germain had a goal called back at the Todoroki Athletics Stadium by VAR for a handball by a defender. Given a second chance from the penalty spot, the striker, who scored nine times last season in the J.League 2, struck the 97th-minute winner. With Jubilo leading 1-0 after Hiroto Uemura’s sixth-minute goal, Germain bagged a brace to make it 3-0, o…

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