Urawa Red Diamonds vs Shimizu S-Pulse
How the goals came
23' Shinzo Koroki opens the scoring for Urawa Red Diamonds → 29' Shinzo Koroki extends Urawa Red Diamonds's lead (the winner) → 54' Shota Kaneko pulls one back for Shimizu S-Pulse. Full time: 2-1, Urawa Red Diamonds win.
The match, goal by goal
1 of the 3 goals came after half-time.
23' Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds) 1-0
The deadlock at 0-0 was broken in the 23rd minute, when Shinzo Koroki put Urawa Red Diamonds ahead. The opening goal made it 1-0 in front of the home crowd at Saitama Stadium 2002. From that moment the Meiji Yasuda J1 League fixture of 15 April 2018 had a shape.
29' Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds) 2-0
Six minutes after the opener, in the 29th minute, Koroki struck again. His second of the afternoon, still inside the first half, pushed Urawa Red Diamonds into a 2-0 lead. Two goals in quick succession, and with the match ending 2-1 it proved to be the winning goal.
54' Shota Kaneko (Shimizu S-Pulse) 2-1
Nine minutes into the second half, Shota Kaneko pulled one back for Shimizu S-Pulse. Two goals down until then, the visitors narrowed the gap to 2-1 and found a way back into the contest. It was the last goal of the afternoon, and the score stayed there.
