Vegalta Sendai vs Urawa Red Diamonds
How the goals came
26' Shinzo Koroki opens the scoring for Urawa Red Diamonds → 49' Hiroki Mita equalises for Vegalta Sendai → 60' Shinzo Koroki puts Urawa Red Diamonds ahead → 82' Rafael Silva extends Urawa Red Diamonds's lead (the winner) → 88' Crislan pulls one back for Vegalta Sendai. Full time: 2-3, Urawa Red Diamonds win.
The match, goal by goal
4 of the 5 goals came after half-time.
26' Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds) 0-1
The deadlock broke in the 26th minute, when Shinzo Koroki put Urawa Red Diamonds ahead at 0-1. The visitors had the first goal of the afternoon at Yurtec Stadium Sendai, and Vegalta Sendai were left chasing the match from that point in the first half.
49' Hiroki Mita (Vegalta Sendai) 1-1
Four minutes into the second half, Hiroki Mita levelled the match for Vegalta Sendai. Trailing 0-1 at the interval, the home side needed little time after the restart to find the equaliser, and the score stood at 1-1 in the 49th minute.
60' Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds) 1-2
Eleven minutes after the equaliser, Urawa Red Diamonds were in front again. Shinzo Koroki scored his second of the match on the hour for 1-2, pushing Vegalta Sendai back into arrears just after they had drawn level. Urawa never surrendered the lead again, which made this the winning goal.
82' Rafael Silva (Urawa Red Diamonds) 1-3
With eight minutes of normal time remaining, Rafael Silva extended the visitors' advantage to 1-3. The 82nd-minute goal gave Urawa Red Diamonds a two-goal cushion at a stage when Vegalta Sendai had little time left to respond.
88' Crislan (Vegalta Sendai) 2-3
Crislan pulled one back in the 88th minute to make it 2-3. It brought Vegalta Sendai to within a single goal, but the scoreline did not change again and Urawa Red Diamonds saw out the win in Sendai.
