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Sanfrecce Hiroshima Secures Victory in Okayama After Hard-Fought Match
Okayama, Japan – In a match corresponding to matchday 23 of the J1 League, Sanfrecce Hiroshima defeated Fagiano Okayama at the JFE Harenokuni Stadium. The match, officiated by Hayato Shimizu, was characterized by Sanfrecce Hiroshima’s dominance in ball possession (65%) compared to Okayama’s 35%.
Despite greater ball control, Sanfrecce Hiroshima struggled to translate their superiority into a score until the 90th minute. With a total of 15 shots (3 on target and 7 off target), the visiting team generated more scoring opportunities than the home side, which had 7 shots (3 on target and 4 off target). Sanfrecce Hiroshima also surpassed Okayama in corner kicks, with 12 in their favor compared to 5 for the home team.
The match was interrupted by several fouls, 12 for Fagiano Okayama (receiving one yellow card) and 7 for Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Finally, in the 90th minute, S. Nakamura managed to break the tie with a goal, assisted by K. Kinoshita, giving the victory to Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Substitutions sanfrecce hiroshima: at minute 46 V. Germain came in and K. Kinoshita went out., at minute 46 Y. Nakajima came in and S. Tanaka went out., at minute 55 R. Germain came in and M. Kato went out., at minute 71 S. Sasaki came in and S. Higashi went out., at minute 82 N. Arai came in and N. Maeda went out.
Substitutions fagiano okayama: at minute 54 T. Kimura came in and Werik Popo went out., at minute 54 T. Yanagi came in and H. Motoyama went out., at minute 71 Lucao came in and H. Iwabuchi went out., at minute 86 A. Esaka came in and R. Sueyoshi went out., at minute 86 Kamiya Yuta came in and R. Takeuchi went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Fagiano Okayama
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