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Urawa Secures Victory in a Hard-Fought Match Against Albirex Niigata in Saitama
Saitama, Japan – In a closely contested match at Saitama Stadium 2002, Urawa managed to defeat Albirex Niigata in a game corresponding to Matchday 28 of the J1 League. The match, refereed by Hiroyuki Kimura, was characterized by a high tempo and several goal-scoring opportunities for both teams.
Matheus Savio opened the scoring for Urawa in the 30th minute, thanks to a precise assist from T. Kaneko. However, Savio himself received a yellow card in the 42nd minute.
Despite Albirex Niigata maintaining 50% ball possession, the same as Urawa, and generating more shots (17 compared to Urawa’s 14), Urawa’s effectiveness in front of goal proved decisive. Albirex Niigata managed 4 shots on target, while Urawa had 5. Albirex Niigata surpassed Urawa in shots off target (10 to 4) and corners (9 to 1), but failed to translate this superiority into goals. The match concluded with a yellow card for M. Fitzgerald of Albirex Niigata in the 90th minute. The final score reflected Urawa’s efficiency at key moments in the game.
Substitutions urawa: at minute 59 S. Gustafson came in and T. Matsumoto went out., at minute 59 S. Nakajima came in and Y. Matsuo went out., at minute 81 K. Yasui came in and K. Shibato went out., at minute 81 T. Ogiwara came in and Y. Naganuma went out., at minute 88 T. Kaneko came in and T. Sekine went out.
Substitutions albirex niigata: at minute 64 Moraes came in and T. Shimamura went out., at minute 76 Y. Horigome came in and K. Hashimoto went out., at minute 76 M. Ohara came in and J. Okumura went out., at minute 76 H. Uemura came in and K. Taniguchi went out., at minute 86 M. Hasegawa came in and Y. Takagi went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Urawa
Albirex Niigata
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