Nagoya Grampus vs Urawa Red Diamonds
How the goals came
9' Shinzo Koroki opens the scoring for Urawa Red Diamonds → 15' Takuya Ogiwara extends Urawa Red Diamonds's lead (the winner) → 17' Shinzo Koroki extends Urawa Red Diamonds's lead → 31' Takuya Ogiwara extends Urawa Red Diamonds's lead → 87' Hisato Sato pulls one back for Nagoya Grampus. Full time: 1-4, Urawa Red Diamonds win.
The match, goal by goal
1 of the 5 goals came after half-time.
9' Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds) 0-1
The deadlock broke in the ninth minute, when Shinzo Koroki put Urawa Red Diamonds ahead at Paloma Mizuho Stadium. Nagoya Grampus never drew level again, and the visitors held the lead all the way to a 1-4 win. Koroki's opener therefore stood as the decisive goal of the match.
15' Takuya Ogiwara (Urawa Red Diamonds) 0-2
Six minutes after the opener, Takuya Ogiwara doubled the visitors' advantage to make it 0-2. With only 15 minutes played, Nagoya Grampus were already two goals down in front of their own supporters. Urawa Red Diamonds had turned an even contest into a clear lead inside a quarter of an hour.
17' Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds) 0-3
Just two minutes later, Shinzo Koroki struck again for his second of the match and a 0-3 lead. Three goals had now arrived in the eight minutes between the ninth and the seventeenth. Nagoya Grampus were facing a three-goal deficit before the first half had reached its midpoint.
31' Takuya Ogiwara (Urawa Red Diamonds) 0-4
In the 31st minute Takuya Ogiwara found the net for the second time, making it 0-4. All four Urawa goals had come in the first half, with Koroki and Ogiwara scoring twice each. Nagoya Grampus went to the interval four goals adrift.
87' Hisato Sato (Nagoya Grampus) 1-4
Nagoya Grampus' only reply arrived in the 87th minute, when Hisato Sato made it 1-4. The outcome had long been settled by then, and the goal served only to narrow the margin by one. It remained the home side's sole goal of the match.
