Cerezo Osaka beats Urawa in a close match
Saitama, October 5, 2024. Cerezo Osaka secured a valuable victory against Urawa in the 33rd round of the J1 League, thanks to an early goal from H. Tameda.
The match, played at Saitama Stadium 2002, was characterized by the intensity and fight of both teams. In the 17th minute, L. Fernandes assisted Tameda to open the scoring. From there, Cerezo Osaka controlled the game, while Urawa was forced to go in search of an equalizer.
Despite Urawa’s superior possession (64%), Cerezo Osaka was more effective in attack, with 6 shots on goal compared to their opponent’s 3. The match was marked by the discipline of both teams, with only 4 yellow cards in total, 3 for Urawa and 1 for Cerezo Osaka.
Cerezo Osaka took home three important points that allow them to continue fighting for the top positions in the standings. Urawa, for its part, will have to continue working to regain ground.
Substitutions urawa: at minute 63 N. Maeda came in and T. Okubo went out., at minute 76 S. Nakajima came in and Y. Matsuo went out., at minute 76 Y. Koizumi came in and G. Haraguchi went out., at minute 86 R. Nitta came in and R. Watanabe went out., at minute 87 H. Ishihara came in and T. Sekine went out.
Substitutions cerezo osaka: at minute 64 S. Uejo came in and S. Kitano went out., at minute 64 Capixaba came in and L. Fernandes went out., at minute 77 R. Yamasaki came in and Leo Ceara went out., at minute 89 K. Toriumi came in and H. Tameda went out., at minute 89 H. Okuda came in and R. Sakata went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Urawa
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