J-League: Urawa Reds defeats Tokyo 3-0
SAITAMA. Urawa Reds was in the end too strong for Tokyo.
SAITAMA. Urawa Reds was eventually too much to handle for Tokyo with the goal of D. Karlsson (32′), A. Ito (50′) and T. Okubo (71′).
The match was played at the Saitama Stadium 2002 stadium in Saitama on Sunday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Hayato Shimizu who was helped by Akane Yagi and Noriyuki Suzuki. The 4th official was Junichi Kabasawa. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot around 27.1 degrees Celsius or 80.83 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 74%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Urawa Reds was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Tokyo that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Urawa Reds was more aggressive with 52 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 6 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Urawa Reds won the match.
Urawa Reds shot 22 times, 6 on target, 16 off target. On the other side, Tokyo shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Urawa Reds received 1 yellow card (T. Sekine). On the other side, No yellow cards were issued to Tokyo.
After playing this match, Urawa Reds will have 23 points like Avispa Fukuoka, Shonan Bellmare and Consadole Sapporo to move up in the 13th place. On the other side, Tokyo will stay with 29 points to stay in the 7th place.
Match Events
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32'32'
D. Karlsson
Y. Matsuo
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46'46'
K. Konno
Y. Kajiura
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50'50'
A. Ito
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56'56'
K. Yamashita
Diego
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66'66'
M. Shinada
K. Higashi
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66'66'
J. Suzuki
Y. Nagatomo
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67'67'
T. Akimoto
Y. Matsuo
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67'67'
A. Esaka
Y. Koizumi
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67'67'
K. Mawatari
A. Ohata
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71'71'
T. Okubo
A. Esaka
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77'77'
T. Chinen
T. Iwanami
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85'85'
M. Okazaki
K. Bangunagande
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85'85'
T. Sekine
T. Okubo
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89'89'
T. Sekine
Next match
In the upcoming J-League match, Urawa Reds will play away against Shimizu S-Pulse on the 16th of July with a 16-7 head to head in favor of Urawa Reds (8 draws).
Tokyo will host Júbilo Iwata on the 17th of July with a 8-8 head to head stats.
Urawa Reds: Formation and Lineups
Urawa Reds started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Ricardo Rodríguez Suárez chose to play with the following team: Shusaku Nishikawa , Hiroki Sakai , Takuya Iwanami , Alexander Scholz , Ayumu Ohata , Atsuki Ito , Ken Iwao , David Moberg Karlsson , Yoshio Koizumi , Tomoaki Okubo and Yusuke Matsuo .
Substitutes
Urawa Reds made 5 changes: Y. Matsuo for T. Akimoto (67′), Y. Koizumi for A. Esaka (67′), A. Ohata for K. Mawatari (67′), T. Iwanami for T. Chinen (77′) and T. Okubo for T. Sekine (85′).
Top player: Ataru Esaka
Probably the most impressive player in Urawa Reds was Ataru Esaka even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 15 passes (60% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2.
His performance was notable also because he began the game from the bench before entering the field in the 67′.
Tokyo: Formation and Lineups
Tokyo started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
On the other side, Albert Puig Ortoneda played with: Jakub Słowik , Yuto Nagatomo , Yasuki Kimoto , Masato Morishige , Kashifu Bangunagande , Ryoma Watanabe , Yuki Kajiura , Keigo Higashi , Kuryu Matsuki , Leandro and Diego Oliveira .
Substitutes
Tokyo made 5 changes: Y. Kajiura for K. Konno (46′), Diego for K. Yamashita (56′), K. Higashi for M. Shinada (66′), Y. Nagatomo for J. Suzuki (66′) and K. Bangunagande for M. Okazaki (85′).
Top player: Junya Suzuki
Probably the most impressive player in Tokyo was Junya Suzuki.
His rating is with 13 passes (69% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 4 crosses.
His performance was notable also because he began the game from the bench before entering the field in the 66′.
Results of the day
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Saragna
I am one of the main columnists for Lootrs.com. I have been writing about football for the last 2 years. I am a decent club player, but I have never reached those heights. Interested in the nextgen. Favorite players: Ronaldo, Messi, Salah, Jamie Vardy, and Michail Antonio.
