Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Match 6
Shimizu S-Pulse 1-1 Sagan Tosu
Wednesday July 22th 7 pm
EKIMAE REAL ESTATE STADIUM, Saga

S-PULSE GOALS Carlinhos(19)
YELLOW CARDS Carlinhos(63), Okui(90+2)
RED CARDSATTENDANCE 3,117

LINE UP
GK Umeda
DF Elsinho, Valdo, Tatsuta, Okui
MF Nakamura, Renato, Goto
FW Carlinhos, Teerasil, Nishizawa

SUBSTITUTIONS
Takeuchi on for Renato (61)
Suzuki on for Teerasil (61)
Okazaki on for Elsinho (74)
Kaneko on for Carlinhos (74)

REPORT
A frustrating draw! S-Pulse started well enough. In the 18th minute Nishizawa’s shot from the box left corner was almost deflected in. In the ensuing corner kick Tastuta jumped well to head the ball towards Carlinhos who made no mistake for his first goal of the season.

But they conceded another soft goal in 34th minute when defenders looked at a Tosu forward’s long low shot without mounting anything much of a resistance.

Just before half time S-Pulse almost forced Tosu into an own goal which was headed away centimeters from promised land.

In the 72nd minute a great corner kick saw Valdo score but it was refused for a borderline offside by another player. In the 94th minute Umeda saved his club with a great parry after a blunder by his exhausted defense.

A game we could well have won. At least it is really starting to click and fans could very well celebrate at home against Oita next Sunday!

NEXT GAME
Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Match 7
Shimizu S-Pulse vs Oita Trinita
Sunday July 26th 6 pm
IAI Stadium Nihondaira, Shizuoka