Urawa Red Diamonds vs Nagoya Grampus
How the goals came
40' Wataru Endo opens the scoring for Urawa Red Diamonds → 45+1' Gabriel Xavier equalises for Nagoya Grampus → 70' Tomoaki Makino puts Urawa Red Diamonds ahead (the winner) → 78' Wataru Endo extends Urawa Red Diamonds's lead. Full time: 3-1, Urawa Red Diamonds win.
The match, goal by goal
2 of the 4 goals came after half-time.
40' Wataru Endo (Urawa Red Diamonds) 1-0
With the match goalless after 40 minutes, Wataru Endo put Urawa Red Diamonds ahead for 1-0. It was the first goal of the evening at Saitama Stadium 2002, where Urawa were hosting Nagoya Grampus. Endo would go on to score again later in the game.
45'+1 Gabriel Xavier (Nagoya Grampus) 1-1
Urawa's lead lasted only a few minutes. In first-half stoppage time, at 45+1, Gabriel Xavier levelled the score at 1-1 for Nagoya Grampus. The away side went into the interval on terms rather than chasing the game.
70' Tomoaki Makino (Urawa Red Diamonds) 2-1
The deadlock that carried over from half-time was broken by Tomoaki Makino. In the 70th minute he restored the home side's advantage at 2-1 for Urawa Red Diamonds. It proved to be the winning goal, as Urawa never surrendered the lead again.
78' Wataru Endo (Urawa Red Diamonds) 3-1
Eight minutes after Makino's goal, Wataru Endo scored his second of the night. His strike in the 78th minute made it 3-1 to Urawa Red Diamonds, and the scoreline stayed that way to the end. Together with his opener, Endo accounted for two of Urawa's three goals.
