Match highlights
FC Osaka vs Kagoshima United FC highlights
How the goals came
15' Takumi Shimada opens the scoring for FC Osaka → 43' Keito Kawamura equalises for Kagoshima United FC → 51' 桑子 流空 puts FC Osaka ahead (the winner). Full time: 2-1, FC Osaka win.
The match, goal by goal
1 of the 3 goals came after half-time.
15' Takumi Shimada (FC Osaka) 1-0
With the game level at 0-0, it was the home side FC Osaka who struck first. Takumi Shimada found the net in the 15th minute to make it 1-0. It was the opening goal of the afternoon at Higashiosaka City Hanazono Rugby Stadium, watched by a crowd of 4,298, and it set the pattern for what followed.
43' Keito Kawamura (Kagoshima United FC) 1-1
Kagoshima United FC drew level in the closing moments of the first half. Keito Kawamura scored in the 43rd minute for 1-1. Coming 28 minutes after Shimada's opener, the goal meant the visitors reached the interval on terms rather than behind.
51' 桑子 流空 (FC Osaka) 2-1
The scoreboard changed again shortly after the restart. In the 51st minute Ruku Kuwako put FC Osaka back in front at 2-1. The hosts never surrendered that advantage, making this the goal that decided the match.
