Cerezo Osaka vs V-Varen Nagasaki · J1 League

V-Varen Nagasaki led by one and still lost 3-2 to Cerezo Osaka at Yodoko Sakura Stadium (crowd 17,227). V-Varen went ahead through Ryogo Yamasaki at the 25-minute mark with a penalty and Cerezo Osaka were back level through Thiago just three minutes after that; Shunta Tanaka restored the lead for Cerezo Osaka at the 63-minute mark and the equaliser came from Matheus Jesus after 72 minutes. Shinji Kagawa got the deciding goal late on, at 90 minutes with a penalty. Cerezo Osaka had 66% of the ball and 21 shots to 7. From 21 shots, Cerezo Osaka found the target 8 times. Koki Nagamine was in charge.