Vissel Kobe vs Urawa Red Diamonds
How the goals came
24' Yuki Muto opens the scoring for Urawa Red Diamonds → 51' Wellington equalises for Vissel Kobe → 63' Daiju Sasaki puts Vissel Kobe ahead → 72' Takuya Iwanami equalises for Urawa Red Diamonds → 90+2' Maurício Antônio puts Urawa Red Diamonds ahead (the winner). Full time: 2-3, Urawa Red Diamonds win.
The match, goal by goal
4 of the 5 goals came after half-time. Urawa Red Diamonds came from 1 down to win. 1 goal in second-half stoppage time.
24' Yuki Muto (Urawa Red Diamonds) 0-1
The deadlock held until the 24th minute, when Yuki Muto struck for Urawa Red Diamonds. The visitors led 0-1 at Noevir Stadium Kobe, the first goal of this Meiji Yasuda J1 League meeting on 11 April 2018. From that point the match had a shape, and Vissel Kobe had a deficit to answer.
51' Wellington (Vissel Kobe) 1-1
Trailing 0-1 at the interval, Vissel Kobe needed only six minutes of the second half to respond. Wellington levelled the match at 1-1 in the 51st minute. The home side had wiped out the deficit almost as soon as play resumed.
63' Daiju Sasaki (Vissel Kobe) 2-1
Twelve minutes after the equaliser, Vissel Kobe led for the first time. Daiju Sasaki scored in the 63rd minute to make it 2-1. Together with Wellington's goal, it meant Kobe had turned a 0-1 deficit into a 2-1 advantage inside a quarter of an hour.
72' Takuya Iwanami (Urawa Red Diamonds) 2-2
Kobe's lead lasted nine minutes. Takuya Iwanami scored for Urawa Red Diamonds in the 72nd minute to make it 2-2. Having fallen behind, the visitors were level again with less than twenty minutes remaining.
90'+2 Maurício Antônio (Urawa Red Diamonds) 2-3
With the score still 2-2, the match was decided in added time. Mauricio scored in the 90+2nd minute to make it 2-3. Vissel Kobe, who had led earlier in the half, were beaten at the last, and Urawa Red Diamonds took the win 2-3 at Noevir Stadium Kobe.
