Match Review 25th Sec : VS Cerezo Osaka at Kincho Stadium on July 22

Okayama 1  Cerezo Osaka  2

It was rainy in the evening, however, lots of football fans came to the stadium for a remarkable match. The total attendance was 8,047. Although Fagiano has been in a bad form, lots of red-uniformed supporters were there to expect their victory.

This sec, Kaji was unable to appear because of the suspension. The head coach, Nagasawa placed Kubo as a centre forward. A defender, Kondo was back on the reserve list from his injury. A forward, Okamoto, who joined the club days ago, already stood by as a substitute.

After the kickoff, Fagiano got off to a good start. In the 7^th minutes, Kubo stroke an excellent opener, assisted by Tanaka. However, 3 minutes later, an attacker, Tashiro equalized the match, bringing forces to the home club. In the 34 minutes, former international, Tamada scored a brilliant goal.

During the second period, Cerezo continued to perform attacking in a wave. In the 64^th minutes, Osaka's goal keeper, Kim had an accident, and was unwillingly replaced by Tanno. In the 70^th minutes, Okamoto was sent into the pitch, encouraging Nagasawa's men. Even though they had more chances after Okamoto got in, red-uniformed men were not able to overcome Osaka's devastating strengths. Fagiano suffered three successive defeats.