Cerezo Osaka vs Urawa Red Diamonds
How the goals came
6' Kenyu Sugimoto opens the scoring for Cerezo Osaka → 8' Kenyu Sugimoto extends Cerezo Osaka's lead → 18' Zlatan Ljubijankic pulls one back for Urawa Red Diamonds → 27' Hotaru Yamaguchi extends Cerezo Osaka's lead (the winner) → 35' Yusuke Maruhashi extends Cerezo Osaka's lead → 45+1' Rafael Silva pulls one back for Urawa Red Diamonds. Full time: 4-2, Cerezo Osaka win.
The match, goal by goal
0 of the 6 goals came after half-time.
6' Kenyu Sugimoto (Cerezo Osaka) 1-0
Only six minutes into the match, Kenyu Sugimoto put Cerezo Osaka in front. The scoreline moved to 1-0 at Yanmar Stadium Nagai, and Urawa Red Diamonds were chasing the game almost from the start. It was the first of six goals on 22 July 2017.
8' Kenyu Sugimoto (Cerezo Osaka) 2-0
Two minutes after the opener, Kenyu Sugimoto struck again. The score was 2-0 inside eight minutes, his second of the night. Cerezo Osaka had a two-goal cushion before the match was ten minutes old.
18' Zlatan Ljubijankic (Urawa Red Diamonds) 2-1
Urawa Red Diamonds responded in the 18th minute. Zlatan Ljubijankic found the net to make it 2-1, cutting the early deficit to a single goal. It was the visitors' first goal of the evening.
27' Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka) 3-1
With the score at 2-1, Hotaru Yamaguchi restored Cerezo Osaka's two-goal advantage in the 27th minute. His finish came nine minutes after Urawa Red Diamonds had pulled one back, making it 3-1. The visitors were once again two goals adrift before half-time.
35' Yusuke Maruhashi (Cerezo Osaka) 4-1
In the 35th minute, Yusuke Maruhashi made it 4-1. Cerezo Osaka were three goals clear before the interval, with Maruhashi becoming their third different scorer after Kenyu Sugimoto and Hotaru Yamaguchi. It proved to be the home side's final goal of the match.
45'+1 Rafael Silva (Urawa Red Diamonds) 4-2
In first-half stoppage time, in the 45+1st minute, Rafael Silva scored Urawa Red Diamonds' second of the night. The score moved to 4-2, and the sides went in with a two-goal gap between them. No further goals followed, and the match finished 4-2.
