Albirex Niigata vs Urawa Red Diamonds
How the goals came
2' Musashi Suzuki opens the scoring for Albirex Niigata → 6' Yuki Muto equalises for Urawa Red Diamonds → 20' Shinzo Koroki puts Urawa Red Diamonds ahead (the winner) → 31' Tomoaki Makino extends Urawa Red Diamonds's lead → 43' an own goal extends Urawa Red Diamonds's lead → 45+1' Takahiro Sekine extends Urawa Red Diamonds's lead → 47' Wataru Endo extends Urawa Red Diamonds's lead. Full time: 1-6, Urawa Red Diamonds win.
The match, goal by goal
1 of the 7 goals came after half-time. Urawa Red Diamonds came from 1 down to win.
2' Musashi Suzuki (Albirex Niigata) 1-0
Only two minutes had been played when Musashi Suzuki put Albirex Niigata in front at Denka Big Swan Stadium. The home side had the opening goal and a 1-0 lead in the eleventh round of the Meiji Yasuda J1 League. It would remain their only goal of the match, and the advantage lasted just four minutes.
6' Yuki Muto (Urawa Red Diamonds) 1-1
Four minutes after falling behind, Urawa Red Diamonds were level through Yuki Muto. The score stood at 1-1 with only six minutes on the clock, two goals having already been scored. For the visitors it was the first of five goals they would register before half-time.
20' Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds) 1-2
In the 20th minute Shinzo Koroki turned the game around, putting Urawa Red Diamonds ahead at 1-2. Having trailed early, the visitors now led for the first time and would not surrender the advantage again. With the match ending 1-6, this was the goal that decided it.
31' Tomoaki Makino (Urawa Red Diamonds) 1-3
Tomoaki Makino struck in the 31st minute to extend the lead to 1-3. It was Urawa Red Diamonds' third goal and their third different scorer, all inside the opening half-hour and a minute more. Albirex Niigata, meanwhile, had not added anything since the second minute.
43' Own goal (Urawa Red Diamonds) 1-4
The fourth goal for Urawa Red Diamonds, in the 43rd minute, came as an own goal. The scoreline moved to 1-4 with the interval approaching. For the home side it was a self-inflicted blow at a point where the match was already slipping away.
45'+1 Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) 1-5
In first-half stoppage time, at 45+1, Takahiro Sekine made it 1-5. Urawa Red Diamonds had therefore scored five times before the interval. Albirex Niigata went into the break needing to recover a four-goal deficit.
47' Wataru Endo (Urawa Red Diamonds) 1-6
Two minutes into the second half, Wataru Endo made it 1-6. It was the only goal scored after the interval and the last of the afternoon, taking Urawa Red Diamonds to six different scorers counting the own goal. In front of 30,864 spectators at Denka Big Swan Stadium, Albirex Niigata's second-minute lead had become a 1-6 defeat.
