Nagoya continued to attack, and Nagai Kensuke won the final round in the 90+3 minutes! Urawa's rebellious defeat
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The 18th round of the 2025 Meiji Yasuda J1 League was held on the 24th, with Nagoya Grampus facing off against Urawa Reds.
Nagoya, who has been drawing three consecutive games between the rights to remain and the relegation zone, will be taking 4th place Urawa, who is steadily building up points even during the busy schedule, to the rainy “Toyoda Stadium.” Urawa, who had switched seven starting players from the most recent league match, entered the game in the third minute, with a free kick acquired on the left side, Mateus Savio fed the ball towards the goal, and Inoue Reito put it in and shook the net. However, no points were allowed on offside.
After that, Nagoya continued to push the ball around, with Mateus Castro in the center. Former Urawa Casper Junker also actively aims for the goal, but he has not reached a decisive moment and is unable to score the goal. Then, in the second minute of the first half, Izumi Ryuji, who broke through by Junker's through pass, thrusts him into the goal. However, no points were allowed on offside, and the match ended without a score.
Nagoya's Izumi suddenly created a scoring opportunity in the start of the second half, but Urawa, who took the lead, took the lead in the first place, had made three changes from the beginning of the second half. Takuro Kaneko, who came in as a substitute, provided a careful cross from the right side, and Watanabe Ryoma, who was also sent out at halftime in front of the goal. Watanabe hit a header, and Urawa, who was at a disadvantage, took the lead.
In the 77th minute, Yamagishi Yuya responded to a cross from the right. Nagai Kensuke pushed the ball further into the back of the ball, which he touched with his head, but Nagai's offside was not allowed to score.
Then, in 83 minutes, a great opportunity came to Nagoya. Hara Teruki was stepped on by Watanabe in the penalty area and scored a penalty kick. When Inagaki Yoshi acted as the kicker, he kicked him into the center, and the home team returned the game to square one.
Nagoya continued to attack in the 85th minute, Nagai ran through the left side with his proud speed and carried him to the goal, but he was unable to win the tactics with opposing goalkeeper Nishikawa Shusaku, preventing his shot. In the 88th minute, Kawamae Osei hit a right corner kick, but he was hit directly at the post and was unable to finish.
It was thought that the match would end like this, but the winning goal was created in the third minute of the second half. Nagai picked up the opponent's clearance in front of the goal, and exchanged passes with Yamagishi to strip Urawa's defense and broke into the penalty area. He carefully poured it down to the bottom right of the goal with his right foot.
The match ended like this, with Nagoya winning for the first time in four matches and Urawa losing for the first time in four matches. Nagoya will face Albirex Niigata at home on the 31st, the next match. Urawa's next match will be held on the 28th, and will face Cerezo Osaka at home.
【Score】
Nagoya Grampus 2-1 Urawa Reds
[Scoreser]
0-1 51 minutes Watanabe Ryoma (Urawa)
1-1 83 minutes Inagaki Sho (Nagoya)
2-1 90 + 3 minutes Nagai Kensuke (Nagoya)
[Video]Nagoya vs Urawa
The substitution plan is clearly on the verge of success!
They were killed by the two who participated in the second half.
Kaneko Takuro competes, Watanabe Ryoma controls the sky🏆 Meiji Yasuda J1 League Round 18
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⚽️Goal (82:43)
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