Urawa Red Diamonds vs Cerezo Osaka
How the goals came
10' Matej Jonjic opens the scoring for Cerezo Osaka → 44' Yusuke Maruhashi extends Cerezo Osaka's lead → 48' Yuki Muto pulls one back for Urawa Red Diamonds → 71' Shinzo Koroki equalises for Urawa Red Diamonds. Full time: 2-2, a draw.
The match, goal by goal
2 of the 4 goals came after half-time.
10' Matej Jonjic (Cerezo Osaka) 0-1
Cerezo Osaka struck first in this quarter-final second leg, Matej Jonjic scoring in the 10th minute at Saitama Stadium 2002. The visitors were ahead 0-1 inside the opening quarter of an hour. It was the first goal of the evening.
44' Yusuke Maruhashi (Cerezo Osaka) 0-2
With the interval approaching, Yusuke Maruhashi added a second for Cerezo Osaka in the 44th minute to make it 0-2. The goal came 34 minutes after Jonjic had opened the scoring, and it sent the visitors into the break two ahead. Urawa Red Diamonds would return for the second half needing two goals at home.
48' Yuki Muto (Urawa Red Diamonds) 1-2
Three minutes into the second half, Yuki Muto pulled one back for Urawa Red Diamonds in the 48th minute. Only four minutes of playing time had passed since Maruhashi's goal, the break falling in between, and the margin was down to 1-2. The home side were back within reach.
71' Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds) 2-2
Shinzo Koroki levelled the match at 2-2 in the 71st minute for Urawa Red Diamonds. Following Muto's goal, it completed the recovery from a two-goal deficit. The score stayed there to the finish, with 23,116 in attendance at Saitama Stadium 2002.
