Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Match 3
Shimizu S-Pulse 1-2 Cerezo Osaka
Wednesday March 10th 7 pm
YANMAR STADIUM NAGAI, Osaka
S-PULSE GOALS Nakayama(5)
YELLOW CARDS
RED CARDS
ATTENDANCE 6,063
LINE UP
GK Gonda
DF Hara, Valdo, Suzuki, Katayama
MF Nakayama, Takeuchi, Kawai, Carlinhos
FW Goto, Santana
SUBSTITUTIONS
Akira Silvano Disaro' on for Yusuke Goto(60)
Kenta Nishizawa on for CARLINHOS JUNIOR(80)
Renato Augusto on for Yosuke Kawai(80)
Yuito Suzuki on for Ryo Takeuchi(89)
REPORT
Frustration again! In the last two games S-Pulse made the perfect start to then fade away in the second half conceding chances which and should have been avoided.
Nakayama gave the perfect start in the 5th minute with his second goal of the season, proving he will be a team mainstay for a long time to be. His goal came from a big interception all of his own.
Then in the 22nd minute a horrible goal was conceded on a corner easy to kick away, but defenders looked at each other and defended with their backs instead of their feet.
Then the luck was against them in the 56th minute when they hit the post after a free kick. In the 84th minute they conceded the lead for forgetting to mark everyone. It could have been worse had not Gonda blocked a penalty kick in the dying minutes.
Now, let us hope this will become a good medicine before next game home on Sunday against in-form Sagan Tosu!
NEXT GAME
Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Match 4
Shimizu S-Pulse vs Sagan Tosu
Sunday March 14th 2:00pm
IAI Staium Nihondaira, Shizuoka