Late Goals Lift Shimizu S-Pulse Past Mito On Sunday

MITO, Japan (Interstat) — Tomoya Fujii and Hidehiro Sugai scored in the second half as Shimizu S-Pulse came from behind to beat Mito 2-1 on Sunday at K’s Denki Stadium in Mito. Mito opened the scoring in the 48th minute when Chihiro Kato finished, with Kaito Taniguchi assisting. Shimizu S-Pulse leveled in the 75th when Fujii scored, assisted by Yudai Shimamoto, and Sugai netted the winner in the 90th minute plus one, assisted by Fujii. Fujii recorded one goal and one assist in 44 minutes. Sugai played 90 minutes and scored once. Kato played 85 minutes and scored once. Taniguchi played 90 minutes and had one assist. Shimamoto recorded one assist in 44 minutes. Yellow cards went to Shimizu S-Pulse’s Oh Se-Hun in the 24th minute, Mito’s K. Uchino in the 26th minute and Mito’s T. Mase in the 70th minute. Shimizu S-Pulse improved to 1-0 in the competition and 3-0 overall, while Mito fell to 0-1 in the competition and 1-1 overall.