Japanese J.League

FT Friday, March 3, 2017
Albirex Niigata WLLLD 1
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Vissel Kobe WLWWW 2
1st2ndT
ALB011
VIS112
Noevir Stadium Kobe · 25,278 att.

Head to Head

VIS leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

VIS

  1. 18Kim Seung-GyuG
  2. 6Shunki TakahashiD
  3. 5Takuya IwanamiD
  4. 3Hirofumi WatanabeD
  5. 22Wataru HashimotoD
  6. 14Naoyuki FujitaM
  7. 7NiltonM
  8. 23Yoshiki MatsushitaM
  9. 29Kotaro OmoriM
  10. 19Kazuma WatanabeF
  11. 21Junya TanakaF

Substitutes

  1. 30Kenta TokushigeSUB
  2. 16Hideto TakahashiSUB
  3. 13Keijiro OgawaSUB
  4. 8WescleySUB
  5. 33Shuhei OtsukiSUB
  6. 4Kunie KitamotoSUB
  7. 34So FujitaniSUB

ALB

  1. 21Tatsuya MoritaG
  2. 24Naoki KawaguchiD
  3. 23Noriyoshi SakaiD
  4. 2Kazunari OnoD
  5. 50Seitaro TomisawaD
  6. 18Sho NaruokaM
  7. 34Teruki HaraM
  8. 8Kei KoizumiM
  9. 13Masaru KatoM
  10. 7RonyF
  11. 9Ryohei YamazakiF

Substitutes

  1. 33Ryoma NishimuraSUB
  2. 1Koki OtaniSUB
  3. 49Musashi SuzukiSUB
  4. 14Tatsuya TanakaSUB
  5. 4Ju-Hun SongSUB
  6. 10Thiago GalhardoSUB
  7. 15Isao HommaSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Hirofumi Watanabe (Vissel Kobe) Goal at 3'
  2. 31' Noriyoshi Sakai (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 31'
  3. 67' Tatsuya Tanaka (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 67'
  4. 70' Keijiro Ogawa (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 70'
  5. 74' Hideto Takahashi (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 74'
  6. 75' Tatsuya Tanaka (Albirex Niigata) Goal at 75'
  7. 76' Hideto Takahashi (Vissel Kobe) Goal at 77'
  8. 78' Wescley (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 78'
  9. 84' Musashi Suzuki (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 84'
  10. 90'+1' Thiago Galhardo (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 91'
  11. 90'+2' Thiago Galhardo (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 92'

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