V-Varen Nagasaki routs 10-man Sanfrecce Hiroshima with four-goal display
NAGASAKI, Japan (Interstat) — V-Varen Nagasaki scored four unanswered goals to beat Sanfrecce Hiroshima on Wednesday at PEACE STADIUM Connected by SoftBank in Nagasaki. Matheus Jesus led V-Varen with one goal and two assists over 90 minutes. Hijiri Onaga opened the scoring in the 36th minute and was booked in the 27th minute. Matheus Jesus doubled the lead in first-half stoppage time. Kenshin Yasuda, a 36-minute substitute, scored in the 73rd minute and again in the seventh minute of stoppage time. Takashi Sawada and Jonathan Junior each provided an assist; Jonathan Junior also received a yellow card in the 60th minute. Sanfrecce Hiroshima’s Haller S. was sent off in the 66th minute. V-Varen Nagasaki’s competition record is now one win, one loss and one draw, while Sanfrecce Hiroshima is two wins and one loss. Across all competitions, V-Varen Nagasaki stands at one win, three losses and one draw; Sanfrecce Hiroshima is five wins and one loss.