Yokohama F. Marinos vs Urawa Red Diamonds
How the goals came
13' David Babunski opens the scoring for Yokohama F. Marinos → 63' Rafael Silva equalises for Urawa Red Diamonds → 65' Rafael Silva puts Urawa Red Diamonds ahead → 86' Hugo Vieira equalises for Yokohama F. Marinos → 90+2' Naoki Maeda puts Yokohama F. Marinos ahead (the winner). Full time: 3-2, Yokohama F. Marinos win.
The match, goal by goal
4 of the 5 goals came after half-time. Yokohama F. Marinos came from 1 down to win. 1 goal in second-half stoppage time.
13' David Babunski (Yokohama F. Marinos) 1-0
The deadlock broke in the 13th minute, when David Babunski put Yokohama F. Marinos ahead of Urawa Red Diamonds. It was the opening round of the Meiji Yasuda J1 League, played before 39,284 at Nissan Stadium. That 1-0 turned out to be only the first of five goals.
63' Rafael Silva (Urawa Red Diamonds) 1-1
Yokohama F. Marinos took their 1-0 lead into the interval, but the second half changed the shape of the match. In the 63rd minute Rafael Silva made it 1-1, ending the fifty minutes Urawa Red Diamonds had spent behind. The visitors were level for the first time since the opening goal.
65' Rafael Silva (Urawa Red Diamonds) 1-2
Two minutes after his equaliser, Rafael Silva struck again. His second of the match, in the 65th minute, made it 1-2 and gave Urawa Red Diamonds the lead for the first time. Two goals in quick succession, both from the same player, had swung the game.
86' Hugo Vieira (Yokohama F. Marinos) 2-2
Urawa Red Diamonds held their advantage for a little over twenty minutes. Hugo Vieira ended it in the 86th minute, levelling the match at 2-2. With time running short, Yokohama F. Marinos had pulled the contest back to square one.
90'+2 Naoki Maeda (Yokohama F. Marinos) 3-2
The match looked set to end level until it went past the 90th minute. In the second minute of stoppage time, Naoki Maeda made it 3-2 and completed the turnaround for Yokohama F. Marinos. Having trailed 1-2, the hosts scored twice to win, with Maeda's goal proving decisive.
