SHIMIZU, Japan (Interstat) — Takuma Nishimura scored a second-half hat trick as Machida routed Shimizu S-Pulse 5-0 on Wednesday. Neta Lavi opened the scoring in the 35th minute, Koki Ogawa doubled the lead in the 50th, and Nishimura added goals in the 62nd, 77th and 82nd minutes. Gen Shoji, Takahiro Akimoto and Yuki Soma each recorded an assist for Machida. Shimizu S-Pulse’s Honda and Matsuzaki were booked in the first half, and Matsuzaki received another yellow card in the 63rd minute. Machida improved to 3-0 in this competition and 4-0 across all competitions. Shimizu S-Pulse moved to 1-1-1 in this competition and 3-2-1 across all competitions. Machida substituted Lavi and Soma in the 73rd minute, then brought on Mochizuki and Mae later. Shimizu S-Pulse made five substitutions, including Koizumi and Capixaba in the 57th minute, Oh in the 69th and Sugai and Yumiba in the 79th.