Urawa Red Diamonds vs Vegalta Sendai
How the goals came
20' Shinzo Koroki opens the scoring for Urawa Red Diamonds (the winner) → 27' Shinzo Koroki extends Urawa Red Diamonds's lead → 29' Yuki Muto extends Urawa Red Diamonds's lead → 45+2' Shinzo Koroki extends Urawa Red Diamonds's lead → 47' Tadanari Lee extends Urawa Red Diamonds's lead → 65' an own goal extends Urawa Red Diamonds's lead → 90+2' Yosuke Kashiwagi extends Urawa Red Diamonds's lead. Full time: 7-0, Urawa Red Diamonds win.
The match, goal by goal
3 of the 7 goals came after half-time. 1 goal in second-half stoppage time.
20' Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds) 1-0
The deadlock broke in the 20th minute, when Shinzo Koroki put Urawa Red Diamonds ahead at 1-0. The hosts never gave that lead back, which made this the winning goal of the match. Everything that followed at Saitama Stadium 2002 was built on it.
27' Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds) 2-0
Seven minutes after the opener, Shinzo Koroki struck again. His second of the night made it 2-0 and doubled the home side's advantage. Vegalta Sendai were given no time to reorganise after conceding the first.
29' Yuki Muto (Urawa Red Diamonds) 3-0
Two minutes after the second goal, Yuki Muto added a third in the 29th minute. Urawa Red Diamonds had scored three times in roughly ten minutes to lead 3-0. The margin was already three by the midpoint of the first half.
45'+2 Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds) 4-0
In first-half stoppage time, at 45+2, Shinzo Koroki completed his hat-trick. It was his third of the match and made the score 4-0. Urawa Red Diamonds went into the interval four goals clear.
47' Tadanari Lee (Urawa Red Diamonds) 5-0
The second half began the way the first had ended. Tadanari Lee scored in the 47th minute to make it 5-0. The break had changed nothing, and Vegalta Sendai were further behind almost as soon as play resumed.
65' Own goal (Urawa Red Diamonds) 6-0
The sixth goal, in the 65th minute, arrived through an own goal credited to Urawa Red Diamonds. It was an unfortunate way for Vegalta Sendai to concede again, and the score moved to 6-0. Even five goals clear, the hosts kept adding to the tally.
90'+2 Yosuke Kashiwagi (Urawa Red Diamonds) 7-0
The final goal came deep into stoppage time. Yosuke Kashiwagi scored at 90+2 to close the match at 7-0 for Urawa Red Diamonds. In front of 25,372 at Saitama Stadium 2002, the hosts finished the evening without conceding.
