Match highlights
Kashima Antlers vs Kashiwa Reysol highlights
How the goals came
14' Homare Tokuda opens the scoring for Kashima Antlers → 35' Keita Endo equalises for Kashiwa Reysol → 45+1' Hinata Yamauchi puts Kashiwa Reysol ahead → 59' Hinata Yamauchi extends Kashiwa Reysol's lead (the winner) → 88' Aleksandar Cavric pulls one back for Kashima Antlers. Full time: 2-3, Kashiwa Reysol win.
The match, goal by goal
2 of the 5 goals came after half-time. Kashiwa Reysol came from 1 down to win.
14' Homare Tokuda (Kashima Antlers) 1-0
With the score still level at 0-0, Homare Tokuda struck in the 14th minute to put Kashima Antlers ahead at home. It was the first goal of the match, making it 1-0. The lead would last just twenty-one minutes.
35' Keita Endo (Kashiwa Reysol) 1-1
Kashiwa Reysol needed twenty-one minutes to answer. Keita Endo found the net in the 35th minute to level the match at 1-1, erasing the lead Kashima Antlers had held since the 14th. There was still time left in the first half, and the visitors were not finished with it.
45'+1 Hinata Yamauchi (Kashiwa Reysol) 1-2
The match turned in the first minute of first-half stoppage time. Hinata Yamauchi put Kashiwa Reysol in front at 1-2, sending the visitors to the dressing room with the advantage. Kashiwa never gave that lead back, which made this the decisive goal of the afternoon.
59' Hinata Yamauchi (Kashiwa Reysol) 1-3
In the 59th minute, Hinata Yamauchi scored again. His second of the day, following the goal in first-half stoppage time, stretched Kashiwa Reysol's lead to 1-3. Kashima Antlers were left with just over half an hour to make up a two-goal deficit.
88' Aleksandar Cavric (Kashima Antlers) 2-3
Aleksandar Cavric reduced the margin in the 88th minute, making it 2-3. Kashima Antlers were back to within a single goal, but there was little time left to find another. The match finished 2-3: the home side had scored first and still came away beaten.
