Urawa Red Diamonds vs Kashima Antlers
How the goals came
35' Bueno opens the scoring for Kashima Antlers → 38' Shoma Doi extends Kashima Antlers's lead → 43' Shintaro Nago extends Kashima Antlers's lead (the winner) → 58' Shinzo Koroki pulls one back for Urawa Red Diamonds → 60' Tomoaki Makino pulls one back for Urawa Red Diamonds. Full time: 2-3, Kashima Antlers win.
The match, goal by goal
2 of the 5 goals came after half-time.
35' Bueno (Kashima Antlers) 0-1
The first leg of the quarter-final was still goalless when Bueno broke through in the 35th minute. It was the opening goal of the night at Saitama Stadium 2002, putting the visiting Kashima Antlers ahead at 0-1. From there the match began to move.
38' Shoma Doi (Kashima Antlers) 0-2
Just three minutes after the opener, Shoma Doi added a second in the 38th minute. Two goals in quick succession took Kashima Antlers to 0-2 and stretched their advantage. Past the midpoint of the first half, Urawa Red Diamonds were already chasing the tie.
43' Shintaro Nago (Kashima Antlers) 0-3
In the 43rd minute Shintaro Nago made it three before the interval. The scoreboard read 0-3, all of it built inside nine minutes from the 35th. This proved to be the decisive goal: Kashima Antlers never surrendered the lead after it.
58' Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds) 1-3
Thirteen minutes into the second half, Shinzo Koroki finally answered the 0-3 scoreline. His goal in the 58th minute brought Urawa Red Diamonds back to 1-3 and gave the hosts something to build on. The three-goal gap had been trimmed for the first time.
60' Tomoaki Makino (Urawa Red Diamonds) 2-3
Two minutes after Koroki's goal, Tomoaki Makino struck in the 60th minute. At 2-3, Urawa Red Diamonds had cut a three-goal first-half deficit down to one. The score stayed there to the finish, leaving the hosts beaten by a single goal in the first leg.
