J-League leaders Kashima Antlers survived a scare from last-place Albirex Niigata thanks to Leandro's second-half hat-trick as the champions roared back to win 4-2 on Saturday.Kashima were staring at a two-goal deficit at halftime after Douglas Tanque and Rony struck for the hosts, who began dreaming of orchestrating the league's biggest upset of the season.But it wasn't meant to be as Leandro struck the first of his three goals in the 49th minute before compounding the damage on 67 and 81 minutes to put Antlers in front.Go Oiwa's men made the win a certainty in the final minute, when Daigo…READ FULL ARTICLE
