Imabari 1, Montedio Yamagata 2

YAMAGATA, Japan (Interstat) — Substitute Marcus Índio scored the decisive goal in the 51st minute to lift Montedio Yamagata to a 2-1 victory over Imabari in a J2 League match on Sunday. Playing before a home crowd at ND Soft Stadium Yamagata, the hosts secured the win to maintain their perfect start to the league season, defying a statistical projection that had foreseen a lower-scoring draw. The game’s opening goal came from an unlikely source as Montedio Yamagata’s Keisuke Nishimura found the net in the 11th minute, giving the home side an early advantage they would carry into halftime. The… Read more...