Match highlights
V-Varen Nagasaki vs Tokyo Verdy highlights
How the goals came
45+12' Itsuki Someno opens the scoring for Tokyo Verdy → 76' Thiago Santana equalises for V-Varen Nagasaki → 81' Kazunari Ichimi puts Tokyo Verdy ahead (the winner). Full time: 1-2, Tokyo Verdy win.
The match, goal by goal
2 of the 3 goals came after half-time.
45'+12 Itsuki Someno (Tokyo Verdy) 0-1
The first half stayed level until the 45+12th minute, deep into added time, when Itsuki Someno opened the scoring for Tokyo Verdy. The visitors carried a 0-1 lead into the interval, having struck at the very end of the opening period. For V-Varen Nagasaki, the first goal of the match had been conceded just before the break.
76' Thiago Santana (V-Varen Nagasaki) 1-1
Nagasaki's reply came on 76 minutes. Thiago Santana levelled the match at 1-1 at the Peace Stadium, where 20,246 were in attendance. The deficit the home side had carried since the end of the first half was wiped out in the second period.
81' Kazunari Ichimi (Tokyo Verdy) 1-2
Five minutes after the equaliser, Tokyo Verdy were ahead once more. Kazunari Ichimi scored on 81 minutes to make it 1-2, and the scoreline did not change again. Nagasaki had drawn level only to fall behind immediately afterwards, and Ichimi's goal stood as the winner.
