Match highlights
Ehime FC vs Fukushima United FC highlights
How the goals came
10' Kazumasa Shimizu opens the scoring for Fukushima United FC → 31' Kazumasa Shimizu extends Fukushima United FC's lead → 32' Shota Tamura pulls one back for Ehime FC → 64' Kaito Tsuchiya extends Fukushima United FC's lead (the winner) → 66' Kosei Ashibe extends Fukushima United FC's lead → 76' Arata Kozakai pulls one back for Ehime FC. Full time: 2-4, Fukushima United FC win.
The match, goal by goal
3 of the 6 goals came after half-time.
10' Kazumasa Shimizu (Fukushima United FC) 0-1
Ten minutes into the match at Ningineer Stadium, Kazumasa Shimizu put Fukushima United FC in front, turning 0-0 into 0-1. The visitors never surrendered that advantage, going on to win 2-4. Shimizu's early strike therefore stood as the winning goal of the afternoon.
31' Kazumasa Shimizu (Fukushima United FC) 0-2
In the 31st minute Shimizu struck again for his second of the match, and Fukushima United FC moved from 0-1 to 0-2. The away side now held a two-goal cushion with the first half still running. Both of the visitors' goals to that point had come from the same player.
32' Shota Tamura (Ehime FC) 1-2
Only a minute after falling two behind, Ehime FC hit back through Shota Tamura in the 32nd minute for 1-2. The response was immediate, and the hosts were within a single goal again before half-time. It was the home side's first goal of the match.
64' Kaito Tsuchiya (Fukushima United FC) 1-3
Fukushima United FC restored their two-goal margin in the 64th minute, when Kaito Tsuchiya made it 1-3. Having seen the gap cut to one before the break, the visitors pushed it back out after the interval. Tsuchiya became the third different scorer for Fukushima United FC.
66' Kosei Ashibe (Fukushima United FC) 1-4
Two minutes after the third goal, Kosei Ashibe added a fourth in the 66th minute for 1-4. The quick double stretched Fukushima United FC's lead to three. That remained the widest margin of the match.
76' Arata Kozakai (Ehime FC) 2-4
Arata Kozakai pulled a second goal back for Ehime FC in the 76th minute to make it 2-4. No further goals followed, so the match at Ningineer Stadium ended with that two-goal gap. Ehime FC scored twice in front of their 3,542 home spectators but still finished on the losing side.
