Urawa Red Diamonds vs Matsumoto Yamaga FC
How the goals came
19' Fabrício opens the scoring for Urawa Red Diamonds → 75' Toyofumi Sakano equalises for Matsumoto Yamaga FC → 83' Ryo Takahashi puts Matsumoto Yamaga FC ahead (the winner). Full time: 1-2, Matsumoto Yamaga FC win.
The match, goal by goal
2 of the 3 goals came after half-time. Matsumoto Yamaga FC came from 1 down to win.
19' Fabrício (Urawa Red Diamonds) 1-0
The deadlock broke in the 19th minute, when Fabricio put Urawa Red Diamonds ahead at Saitama Stadium 2002. It was the first goal of this Meiji Yasuda J1 League fixture on 23 August 2019, and it gave the home side a 1-0 lead. That advantage would hold until well into the second half.
75' Toyofumi Sakano (Matsumoto Yamaga FC) 1-1
Trailing since the first half, Matsumoto Yamaga FC drew level in the 75th minute through Toyofumi Sakano. The equaliser came 56 minutes after Fabricio's opener and rewarded the visitors' persistence. At 1-1, the match was level again with time still to play.
83' Ryo Takahashi (Matsumoto Yamaga FC) 1-2
Eight minutes after the equaliser, Ryo Takahashi struck in the 83rd minute to turn the match around at 1-2. Two goals in a short span had taken Matsumoto Yamaga FC from behind to in front. The score did not change again, leaving Urawa Red Diamonds beaten at home after leading, and Takahashi's goal stood as the winner.
