Sagamihara edges Kamatamare in J3 League thriller
SAGAMIHARA (Interstat) — Toshio Shimakawa scored twice as Sagamihara beat Kamatamare 3-2 on Oct. 8 at Sagamihara Gion Stadium. Keisuke Tao scored for Kamatamare, and Rai Namimoto also scored for Kamatamare. Yusuke Goto recorded an assist for Kamatamare, while Taira Maeda and Riku Nakayama had assists for Sagamihara. Namimoto gave Kamatamare a 31st-minute lead, and Tao made it 2-0 in the 40th. Shimakawa answered in the 45th and again in first-half stoppage time. Sagamihara then won it with a goal in the 90th minute plus eight. Kamatamare’s Kawakami S. and Woo S. received yellow cards in the 49th and 52nd minutes. Kamatamare’s competition record is now 1-7-2, and Sagamihara’s is 5-2-4. Sagamihara’s all-competitions record also stands at 5-2-4. Kamatamare’s all-competitions record is 1-7-2. Shimakawa played 78 minutes, Tao and Goto played 90, Namimoto played 88, Maeda played 89, and Nakayama played 70. Kamatamare made substitutions in the 63rd, 70th and 88th minutes; Sagamihara made changes in the 70th, 78th and 89th minutes.