SHIMIZU S-PULSE 1-3 SANFRECCE HIROSHIMA  
IAI Stadium Stadium, Shizuoka


S-PULSE GOALS Tese 84
YELLOW CARDS FREIRE 85
RED CARDS None
SHOTS 14
CORNER KICKS 4
FREE KICKS 11
ATTENDANCE 14441

LINE UP

GK Rokutan
DF Kamata,Kakuta, Futami, Matsubara
MF Edamura, Takeuchi, Duke, Shirasaki, Kaneko
FW Tiago


SUBSTITUTIONS

Kitagawa on for Duke (60)
Tese on for Kaneko (69)
Murata on for Tiago (75)

REPORT

A lost opportunity (most aptly said, lost opportunities)!

After once again being caught cold by a corner kick allowing a Hiroshima back to score a goal that would put S-Pulse on the chase for the whole game, the orange jerseys worked hard in vain for the whole first half with Kaneko (8^th minute), Shirasaki (19^th minute) being denied by a splendid Hiroshima keeper who was the real hero of his team.

The second half saw S-Pulse desperately missing other opportunities especially with Tiago Alves hitting the bar in 52^nd minute. Subsitute Chong Tese finally equalized 6 minutes before real time.

But the recurring lost time nightmare once again struck all attacking S-Pulse with a pass being cut in the 1st minute of lost time to lead to another easy counter goal. A last counter attack in 6^th minute saw Hiroshima nail the coffin for good leaving dejected S-Pulse players lying on the turf.

S-Pulse players have plenty of courage and efforts to sell but they need a new way of thinking if they want to stay in the J1 League!

Let’s hope they will give us hope during their game away at fellow strugglers, Ohmiya!

NEXT LEAGUE GAME

Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Match day 28
S-PULSE vs OMIYA ARDIJA 
Saturday September 30th, 7pm
NACK 5 Stadium, Omiya