Match highlights
Urawa Red Diamonds vs JEF United Chiba highlights
How the goals came
19' Takuro Kaneko opens the scoring for Urawa Red Diamonds → 32' Boniface Ndoka equalises for JEF United Chiba → 55' Kenta Nemoto puts Urawa Red Diamonds ahead → 81' 笹 修大 extends Urawa Red Diamonds's lead (the winner) → 90+1' Takumi Tsukui pulls one back for JEF United Chiba. Full time: 3-2, Urawa Red Diamonds win.
The match, goal by goal
3 of the 5 goals came after half-time. 1 goal in second-half stoppage time.
19' Takuro Kaneko (Urawa Red Diamonds) 1-0
The deadlock broke in the 19th minute, when Takuro Kaneko scored to move Urawa Red Diamonds in front at 1-0. Until then the match at Saitama Stadium 2002 had been goalless. It was the first of five goals on the night, and the first of three for the home side.
32' Boniface Ndoka (JEF United Chiba) 1-1
JEF United Chiba did not wait long to answer on the road. Boniface Ndoka levelled the match in the 32nd minute for 1-1, thirteen minutes after falling behind. The visitors went into the interval on terms with Urawa Red Diamonds.
55' Kenta Nemoto (Urawa Red Diamonds) 2-1
Ten minutes into the second half, Urawa Red Diamonds moved back in front. Kenta Nemoto scored in the 55th minute to make it 2-1. The home side never surrendered the lead again, which made this the decisive goal of the match.
81' 笹 修大 (Urawa Red Diamonds) 3-1
With the margin still at a single goal late on, Urawa Red Diamonds added a third in the 81st minute for 3-1. It was the first time in the match that the home side held a two-goal cushion. With under ten minutes of normal time remaining, it left JEF United Chiba needing two.
90'+1 Takumi Tsukui (JEF United Chiba) 3-2
In the first minute of added time, Takumi Tsukui scored to make it 3-2. It was JEF United Chiba's second goal of the night and cut the deficit back to one. There was no time left to find another, and Urawa Red Diamonds held on to the result.
