Matchday 14 2018 Season Review – Renofa Yamaguchi 4-3 Tokyo Verdy
Verdy saw themselves go down to a crazy 4-3 defeat away to Renofa Yamaguchi and that makes fourth lost to the season which is really worrying after having such a great start to the season, it was a good start for Renofa when Kosuke Onose had a perfect position to head the ball into the goal but he hit the post, Verdy took the lead on the twelfth minute after a Kanya Fujimoto passed the ball to Kota Watanabe who was running into the box and Watanabe passed it along the box and the ball passed Douglas Vieira and then the ball found Yong Jick Lee and his shot inside the box found the back of the net to make it 1-0, it was a defensive mistake that found Verdy go 2-0 up, Watanabe got the ball and he passed to Fujimoto, Fujimoto passed it back to Watanabe who was on the right hand side of the box and he crossed it in and Douglas Vieira got a low header on the ball and put it into the back of the net to double the lead, now into the second half, Renofa had a good chance early on but the shot deflected over the bar, there was another good chance for Renofa when a header from Keita Yamashita got saved by Naoto Kamifukumoto to put it past the post, it was another good chance after that when Junya Osaki just put over the bar, Renofa got back into the game on the 71st minute when a cross from Hidetoshi Miyuki found Ado Onaiwu and he vollied it through a crowd of players into the back of the net to make it 2-1, Renofa made it 2 all when a chip into the box from Kosuke Onose found Osaki in the box and he headed it back and it hit a Verdy defender and the ball found its way back to Osaki and he put it past Kamifukumoto to make it 2-2 and then only a couple of minutes later it was 3-2 to Renofa when a cross from Joji Ikegami found the head of Kazuhito Kishida and he headed the ball past Kamifukumoto for Renofa to take the lead for the first time in this match, a long ball up field found the Verdy defence found napping and the ball found Onaiwu and he controlled the ball and Onaiwu put it past Kamifukumoto’s left to make it 4-2 to Renofa but the goal scoring wasn’t done yet, it was probably the goal of the game when Yuta Narawa from about 30 yards (maybe 35) – he striked and the ball went into the right of the net to make the scoreline a bit closer in the end, so it ended Renofa 4-3 Verdy.
Ishin Me-Life Stadium, Attendance – 4,893
Tokyo Verdy Team – Kamifukumoto, Tamura, Ibayashi, Hatanaka, Fujimoto, Uchida, Lee, Narawa, Martinez, Watanabe, Vieira
Tokyo Verdy Subs – Shibasaki, S Hayashi, Taira, Inoue, Kajikawa, R Hayashi, Mori
Renofa Yamaguchi Team – Fujishima, Mae, Tsuboi, Watanabe, Torikai, Onose, Ikegami, Miyuki, Kiyonaga, Yamashita, Onaiwu
Renofa Yamaguchi Subs – Murakami, Segawa, Vieira, Takayanagi, Takahashi, Osaki, Kishida
Match Highlights – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQYN3d_FWWI
Match Statistics and Info
12’ GOAL – Verdy – Number 17 – Yong Jick Lee
25’ – Yellow Card – Renofa – Takeru Kiyonaga
32’ GOAL – Verdy – Number 9 – Douglas Vieira
46’ – Sub – Renofa – Takeru Kiyonaga Off, Junya Osaki On
52’ – Yellow Card – Renofa – Keisuke Tsuboi
59’ – Sub – Verdy – Carlos Martinez Off, Ryota Kajikawa On
63’ – Sub – Renofa – Yuta Torikai Off, Kazuhito Kishida On
65’ – Yellow Card – Verdy – Naoto Kamifukumoto
69’ – Sub – Verdy – Kanya Fujimoto Off, Shogo Hayashi On
71’ GOAL – Renofa – Number 19 – Ado Onaiwu
72’ – Sub – Renofa – Keisuke Tsuboi Off, Kazuki Segawa On
74’ – Yellow Card – Renofa – Takayuki Mae
82’ GOAL – Renofa – Number 7 – Junya Osaki
84’ GOAL – Renofa – Number 9 – Kazuhito Kishida
85’ – Sub – Verdy –Yong Jick Lee Off, Shion Inoue On
90’ +2’ GOAL – Renofa – Number 19 – Ado Onaiwu
90’ +3’ GOAL – Verdy – Number 24 – Yuta Narawa
Shots – Renofa 19 – Tokyo Verdy 10
FK – Renofa 13 – Tokyo Verdy 14
CK – Renofa 6 – Tokyo Verdy 5
PK – Renofa 0 – Tokyo Verdy 0
Cards – Renofa 3/0 – Tokyo Verdy 1/0
Matchday 14 Results –
Saturday, 12th May
Yokohama FC 4-2 Roasso Kumamoto
Ventforet Kofu 2-1 Tochigi SC
Matsumoto Yamaga 5-0 Zweigen Kanazawa
Avispa Fukuoka 2-0 Ehime FC
JEF United Chiba 1-2 Albirex Niigata
Renofa Yamaguchi 4-3 Tokyo Verdy
Tokushima Vortis 1-0 Kyoto Sanga
Sunday, 13th May
Montedio Yamagata 1-1 Omiya Ardija
Mito Hollyhock 3-0 Fagiano Okayama
Oita Trinita 2-1 FC Gifu
Machida Zelvia 3-0 Kamatamare Sanuki
Next Game for Tokyo Verdy – Friday, 18th May – Away v Fagiano Okayama, 7pm
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