Match highlights
JEF United Chiba vs Avispa Fukuoka highlights
How the goals came
25' Makoto Himeno opens the scoring for JEF United Chiba (the winner) → 65' Takayuki Mae extends JEF United Chiba's lead → 90+5' Hiroto Goya extends JEF United Chiba's lead. Full time: 3-0, JEF United Chiba win.
The match, goal by goal
2 of the 3 goals came after half-time. 1 goal in second-half stoppage time.
25' Makoto Himeno (JEF United Chiba) 1-0
The game was still level at 0-0 when Makoto Himeno found the opening goal in the 25th minute. JEF United Chiba led 1-0 at home, taking control before the interval. Chiba never surrendered that advantage on the way to a 3-0 win, which made Himeno's strike the decisive goal of the afternoon.
65' Takayuki Mae (JEF United Chiba) 2-0
Twenty minutes into the second half, in the 65th minute, Takayuki Mae added the second goal. A one-goal game at 1-0 became 2-0, and JEF United Chiba pulled further clear of Avispa Fukuoka. Coming 40 minutes after the opener, Mae's goal left Chiba in command for the remainder of the match.
90'+5 Hiroto Goya (JEF United Chiba) 3-0
The scoring closed in additional time, when Hiroto Goya made it 3-0 at 90+5. The third goal turned a two-goal margin into three and sealed JEF United Chiba's shutout win at Fukuda Denshi Arena. Avispa Fukuoka never got a goal back, and the final score was settled in front of 14,110 spectators.
