Yuya Osako grabbed a hat-trick as Group West winners Vissel Kobe hammered Group East champions Kashima Antlers 5-0 at home on Saturday in the playoffs' first leg of the J-League first-division tournament.The one-off competition, named the "100 Year Vision League," is held in the first half of this calendar year, before the Japanese domestic season starts, in parallel with top club competitions in Europe and Asia.The 20 J1 teams were divided into two groups of 10 by region, with each team playing a total of 18 home-and-away round-robin matches to determine the standings in its group.The ongo…READ FULL ARTICLE