Match highlights
Shimizu S-Pulse vs FC Machida Zelvia highlights
How the goals came
35' Neta Lavi opens the scoring for FC Machida Zelvia (the winner) → 50' Koki Ogawa extends FC Machida Zelvia's lead → 62' Takuma Nishimura extends FC Machida Zelvia's lead → 77' Takuma Nishimura extends FC Machida Zelvia's lead → 82' Takuma Nishimura extends FC Machida Zelvia's lead. Full time: 0-5, FC Machida Zelvia win.
The match, goal by goal
4 of the 5 goals came after half-time.
35' Neta Lavi (FC Machida Zelvia) 0-1
For the first half-hour at IAI Stadium Nihondaira the match stayed level at 0-0. Neta Lavi settled that in the 35th minute, putting FC Machida Zelvia in front at 0-1 before the interval. From there Shimizu S-Pulse were chasing at home, and the visitors' eventual five goals all followed this one.
50' Koki Ogawa (FC Machida Zelvia) 0-2
Five minutes into the second half, Koki Ogawa doubled the lead for FC Machida Zelvia. The 50th-minute goal made it 0-2 and stretched the one-goal margin carried in from the first half. Shimizu S-Pulse had conceded almost immediately after the restart, and the gap they needed to close had grown.
62' Takuma Nishimura (FC Machida Zelvia) 0-3
In the 62nd minute the margin went to three as FC Machida Zelvia made it 0-3. The scorer was Takuma Nishimura, opening his account for the evening. With that, Shimizu S-Pulse needed three goals of their own in the time remaining at home.
77' Takuma Nishimura (FC Machida Zelvia) 0-4
Takuma Nishimura struck again in the 77th minute for his second of the match, taking it to 0-4. The goal came 15 minutes after his first and pushed FC Machida Zelvia four clear. For Shimizu S-Pulse it was another concession in a second half that kept slipping away at home.
82' Takuma Nishimura (FC Machida Zelvia) 0-5
Five minutes after his second, in the 82nd, Takuma Nishimura completed his hat-trick. The goal made it 0-5, and that is how the match finished. On 21 October at IAI Stadium Nihondaira, in front of 10,750 spectators, FC Machida Zelvia closed out a five-goal win without conceding.
