Tokyo Verdy vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima
How the goals came
47' Taishi Matsumoto opens the scoring for Sanfrecce Hiroshima (the winner) → 58' Akito Suzuki extends Sanfrecce Hiroshima's lead. Full time: 0-2, Sanfrecce Hiroshima win.
The match, goal by goal
2 of the 2 goals came after half-time.
47' Taishi Matsumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) 0-1
The match had gone into the interval level at 0-0, and the deadlock broke soon after the restart. Taishi Matsumoto put Sanfrecce Hiroshima ahead in the 47th minute for 0-1. The visitors had the lead at Ajinomoto Stadium, and Tokyo Verdy spent the remainder of the afternoon chasing. Matsumoto's goal proved to be the winner, as Hiroshima never surrendered the advantage.
58' Akito Suzuki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) 0-2
Eleven minutes after the opener, Hiroshima doubled the margin. Akito Suzuki scored in the 58th minute to make it 0-2, leaving Tokyo Verdy two goals adrift at home. Both of the afternoon's goals had now come in the second half, and the scoreline stayed there to the finish. In front of 18,233 spectators, the visitors closed out the win without conceding.
