Urawa Red Diamonds vs Yokohama F. Marinos
How the goals came
7' Marcos Júnior opens the scoring for Yokohama F. Marinos (the winner) → 61' Marcos Júnior extends Yokohama F. Marinos's lead → 70' Rikuto Hirose extends Yokohama F. Marinos's lead. Full time: 0-3, Yokohama F. Marinos win.
The match, goal by goal
2 of the 3 goals came after half-time.
7' Marcos Júnior (Yokohama F. Marinos) 0-1
The match opened up after just seven minutes. Marcos Junior broke the deadlock to put Yokohama F. Marinos ahead 0-1 away at Urawa Red Diamonds. The visitors never surrendered that lead, and the early strike stood as the winning goal.
61' Marcos Júnior (Yokohama F. Marinos) 0-2
The second goal came from the same source. Marcos Junior struck again in the 61st minute for his second of the night, doubling the lead to 0-2. Fifty-four minutes after his opener, Yokohama F. Marinos had moved two clear of Urawa Red Diamonds.
70' Rikuto Hirose (Yokohama F. Marinos) 0-3
Nine minutes after the second goal, a different name went on the scoresheet. Rikuto Hirose made it 0-3 in the 70th minute, the only goal of the match not scored by Marcos Junior. In front of 32,555 at Saitama Stadium 2002, Yokohama F. Marinos had settled the away win.
