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Kyoto Sanga Dominates Fagiano Okayama in Kameoka with a Resounding Victory
Kameoka, Japan – In a match held at Sanga Stadium by Kyocera, Kyoto Sanga demonstrated their superiority by defeating Fagiano Okayama in a match corresponding to matchday 28 of the J1 League. Referee Yusuke Ohashi was in charge of officiating a match with moments of tension and a clear dominator.
The match began controversially for Fagiano Okayama, as a goal by A. Esaka was disallowed by VAR in the 5th minute due to a prior foul. The frustration translated into a yellow card for H. Iwabuchi in the 8th minute. Kyoto Sanga did not forgive and Rafael Elias opened the scoring in the 15th minute, assisted by T. Hara. Shortly after, T. Hara extended the lead in the 20th minute, consolidating the home side’s dominance. Before the end of the first half, Rafael Elias once again found the net in the 30th minute, again with an assist from T. Hara.
The second half was no different. Despite Fagiano Okayama’s attempts to react, Kyoto Sanga maintained control of the game. R. Nakano increased the lead in the 80th minute, and M. Okugawa sealed the victory with a goal in the 90th minute, assisted by R. Nakano. During the second half, yellow cards were also shown to R. Tabei (Fagiano Okayama), S. Takeda (Kyoto Sanga), and F. Yamada (Kyoto Sanga).
The final statistics reflect the dominance of Kyoto Sanga, with 50% possession, 17 shots (6 on target) and 6 corners, compared to Fagiano Okayama’s 50% possession, 5 shots (none on target) and 5 corners.
Substitutions fagiano okayama: at minute 46 H. Iwabuchi came in and K. Ichimi went out., at minute 46 E. Miyamoto came in and R. Tabei went out., at minute 62 Lucao came in and Werik Popo went out., at minute 71 T. Yanagi came in and H. Kato went out., at minute 76 A. Esaka came in and Kamiya Yuta went out.
Substitutions kyoto sanga: at minute 64 F. Yamada came in and M. Okugawa went out., at minute 77 S. Takeda came in and R. Nakano went out., at minute 77 Rafael Elias came in and S. Nagasawa went out., at minute 88 S. Fukuda came in and Gustavo Barreto went out., at minute 88 T. Hirato came in and H. Sugai went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Kyoto Sanga
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