Match highlights
Mito HollyHock vs Shimizu S-Pulse highlights
How the goals came
48' Chihiro Kato opens the scoring for Mito HollyHock → 75' Tomoya Fujii equalises for Shimizu S-Pulse → 90+1' Hidehiro Sugai puts Shimizu S-Pulse ahead (the winner). Full time: 1-2, Shimizu S-Pulse win.
The match, goal by goal
3 of the 3 goals came after half-time. Shimizu S-Pulse came from 1 down to win. 1 goal in second-half stoppage time.
48' Chihiro Kato (Mito HollyHock) 1-0
The first half at Mito Shinkin Bank Stadium ended without a goal. Three minutes after the restart, Chihiro Kato scored the opening goal of the match and put Mito HollyHock 1-0 in front at home. It was the first time the deadlock had been broken in front of a crowd of 15,116.
75' Tomoya Fujii (Shimizu S-Pulse) 1-1
Mito's advantage lasted 27 minutes. In the 75th minute Tomoya Fujii pulled Shimizu S-Pulse level at 1-1, wiping out the deficit the visitors had carried since just after the interval. With about a quarter of an hour of normal time left, the match was back where it had started.
90'+1 Hidehiro Sugai (Shimizu S-Pulse) 1-2
The game went into additional time still level at 1-1. One minute into it, Hidehiro Sugai struck to turn the match around and make it 1-2 for Shimizu S-Pulse. The goal proved decisive: Mito HollyHock, who had led from the 48th minute until Fujii's equaliser, were beaten at home.
