Shimizu S-Pulse vs Urawa Red Diamonds
How the goals came
30' Makoto Kakuda opens the scoring for Shimizu S-Pulse → 64' Wataru Endo equalises for Urawa Red Diamonds → 70' Rafael Silva puts Urawa Red Diamonds ahead (the winner). Full time: 1-2, Urawa Red Diamonds win.
The match, goal by goal
2 of the 3 goals came after half-time. Urawa Red Diamonds came from 1 down to win.
30' Makoto Kakuda (Shimizu S-Pulse) 1-0
The match was still goalless when Makoto Kakuda struck in the 30th minute. His goal put Shimizu S-Pulse 1-0 ahead at home, the first of the evening. No further goals followed before the interval, so the hosts carried the lead into the second half.
64' Wataru Endo (Urawa Red Diamonds) 1-1
Urawa Red Diamonds needed until the 64th minute to respond. Wataru Endo levelled the match at 1-1, 34 minutes after Kakuda had opened the scoring. The visitors were back on terms for the first time since the half-hour mark.
70' Rafael Silva (Urawa Red Diamonds) 1-2
Six minutes after the equaliser, Rafael Silva turned the game around. His goal in the 70th minute made it 1-2 and put Urawa Red Diamonds in front for the first time in the match. The score stayed there, leaving Silva's strike as the winner in a come-from-behind victory.
