Japanese J.League

FT Sunday, July 17, 2016
Vegalta Sendai DLLLL 2
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Albirex Niigata DWLLL 1
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ALB011
Niigata Stadium Big Swan · 19,388 att.

Head to Head

ALB leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

ALB

  1. 21Tatsuya MoritaG
  2. 7Bruno CortezD
  3. 4Michael JamesD
  4. 27Ken MatsubaraD
  5. 2Kazunari OnoD
  6. 8Léo SilvaM
  7. 10Rafael SilvaM
  8. 37Gakuto NotsudaM
  9. 6Yuki KobayashiM
  10. 14Tatsuya TanakaM
  11. 9Ryohei YamazakiF

Substitutes

  1. 17Yuta ItoSUB
  2. 13Masaru KatoSUB
  3. 25Kei KoizumiSUB
  4. 18Sho NaruokaSUB
  5. 5Takanori MaenoSUB
  6. 22Goro KawanamiSUB
  7. 11Hiroshi IbusukiSUB

VEG

  1. 21Kentaro SekiG
  2. 13Yasuhiro HiraokaD
  3. 5Naoki IshikawaD
  4. 27Kazuki OiwaD
  5. 3Hirofumi WatanabeD
  6. 18Hitotaka MitaM
  7. 7Hiroaki OkunoM
  8. 17Shingo TomitaM
  9. 10Yong-Gi RyangM
  10. 9Wilson FonsecaF
  11. 20Ramon LopesF

Substitutes

  1. 25Naoki SugaiSUB
  2. 23Hiroshi FutamiSUB
  3. 26Keita FujimuraSUB
  4. 36PabloSUB
  5. 1Yuji RokutanSUB
  6. 28Takumi SasakiSUB
  7. 6Kim Min-TaeSUB

Timeline

  1. 15' Tatsuya Tanaka (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 15'
  2. 43' Kazunari Ono (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 43'
  3. 54' Wilson (Vegalta Sendai) Goal at 54'
  4. 61' Michael James Fitzgerald (Albirex Niigata) Goal at 61'
  5. 66' Ryohei Yamazaki (Albirex Niigata) Penalty - Missed at 66'
  6. 66' Hiroaki Okuno (Vegalta Sendai) Goal at 66'
  7. 71' Yuta Ito (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 71'
  8. 71' Yuta Ito (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 71'
  9. 73' Naoki Sugai (Vegalta Sendai) Substitution at 73'
  10. 73' Naoki Sugai (Vegalta Sendai) Substitution at 73'
  11. 79' Hiroshi Ibusuki (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 79'
  12. 79' Hiroshi Ibusuki (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 79'
  13. 83' Keita Fujimura (Vegalta Sendai) Substitution at 83'
  14. 83' Keita Fujimura (Vegalta Sendai) Substitution at 83'
  15. 84' Takanori Maeno (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 84'
  16. 84' Takanori Maeno (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 84'
  17. 87' Hiroshi Futami (Vegalta Sendai) Substitution at 87'
  18. 87' Hiroshi Futami (Vegalta Sendai) Substitution at 87'

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