Vissel Kobe vs Urawa Red Diamonds
How the goals came
61' Yosuke Kashiwagi opens the scoring for Urawa Red Diamonds → 64' Wataru Endo extends Urawa Red Diamonds's lead (the winner) → 81' Yuya Nakasaka pulls one back for Vissel Kobe → 90+2' Yosuke Kashiwagi extends Urawa Red Diamonds's lead. Full time: 1-3, Urawa Red Diamonds win.
The match, goal by goal
4 of the 4 goals came after half-time. 1 goal in second-half stoppage time.
61' Yosuke Kashiwagi (Urawa Red Diamonds) 0-1
The match had stayed goalless for an hour before Yosuke Kashiwagi broke the deadlock in the 61st minute for the visiting Urawa Red Diamonds, making it 0-1. Vissel Kobe never got in front afterwards, and the strike ultimately stood as the winning goal.
64' Wataru Endo (Urawa Red Diamonds) 0-2
Two minutes after falling behind, Vissel Kobe conceded again. Wataru Endo scored in the 63rd minute to put Urawa Red Diamonds 0-2 up, and the quick double left the hosts needing two goals with under half an hour to play.
81' Yuya Nakasaka (Vissel Kobe) 1-2
Vissel Kobe found a way back in the 81st minute through Yuya Nakasaka, cutting the score to 1-2. Two goals down until then, the home side entered the closing stages needing only one more. It would prove to be their only goal of the match.
90'+2 Yosuke Kashiwagi (Urawa Red Diamonds) 1-3
With the score at 1-2 deep into stoppage time, Kashiwagi struck again in the 90+2nd minute. It was his second of the match and it closed the game out at 1-3, ending the late push from Vissel Kobe. The player who opened the scoring also had the last word.
