Urawa Red Diamonds vs Gamba Osaka
How the goals came
50' Rafael Silva opens the scoring for Urawa Red Diamonds → 54' Hwang Ui-jo equalises for Gamba Osaka → 64' Rafael Silva puts Urawa Red Diamonds ahead → 67' Shuhei Akasaki equalises for Gamba Osaka → 73' Shinzo Koroki puts Urawa Red Diamonds ahead → 90+2' Hiroto Goya equalises for Gamba Osaka. Full time: 3-3, a draw.
The match, goal by goal
6 of the 6 goals came after half-time. 1 goal in second-half stoppage time.
50' Rafael Silva (Urawa Red Diamonds) 1-0
The match was still goalless at the interval, and it was Rafael Silva who broke the deadlock five minutes into the second half. Urawa Red Diamonds went ahead at home at Saitama Stadium 2002, taking the first lead of the afternoon. The score stood at 1-0.
54' Hwang Ui-jo (Gamba Osaka) 1-1
Urawa's advantage lasted only four minutes. Hwang Ui-jo levelled the match in the 54th minute, bringing Gamba Osaka back to 1-1. The visitors had answered almost immediately.
64' Rafael Silva (Urawa Red Diamonds) 2-1
It was Rafael Silva again who broke the deadlock. His second goal of the match, in the 64th minute, put Urawa Red Diamonds back in front at 2-1. To that point, every one of the home side's goals had come from the same player.
67' Shuhei Akasaki (Gamba Osaka) 2-2
Once again Gamba Osaka responded without delay. Shuhei Akasaki scored in the 67th minute to make it 2-2, just three minutes after falling behind. The match was level for the second time.
73' Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds) 3-2
The third Urawa lead came through Shinzo Koroki. His goal in the 73rd minute made it 3-2 with under twenty minutes remaining, and it was the first of the home side's goals not scored by Rafael Silva.
90'+2 Hiroto Goya (Gamba Osaka) 3-3
Gamba Osaka kept chasing to the end. Two minutes into stoppage time, Hiroto Goya scored to make it 3-3. Urawa Red Diamonds had led three times and held none of those leads, and a match in which all six goals arrived after the interval finished level.
