Urawa Reds blank Yokohama FC in four-goal road victory
YOKOHAMA (Interstat) — Urawa Reds scored four unanswered goals Wednesday to defeat host Yokohama FC at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium. Shuta Sasa led Urawa with one goal and one assist over 90 minutes. Hiiro Komori added one goal and one assist in 57 minutes, Renji Hidano scored in 72 minutes, and Yoichi Naganuma scored during a 90-minute shift while receiving a yellow card. Junpei Hayakawa contributed one assist over 90 minutes. Hidano opened the scoring in the 7th minute, Sasa doubled the lead in the 14th, Komori made it three in the 36th, and Naganuma capped the win in the 90th. Yellow cards went to Naganuma in the 27th, Yokohama FC’s Adailton in the 41st, Chiba K. in the 50th, Ogura H. in the 61st, and Watanabe R. in the 87th. Urawa led from the seventh minute onward. Urawa improved to 2-0 in the competition and 3-1 overall. Yokohama FC moved to 1-1 in the competition and 2-2 overall.