Monday 29 June 2009

Kobe Fire Blanks in Loss to Urawa

Vissel went down to a fairly predictable 2-0 loss in Saitama, as Urawa rediscovered their winning touch. Although the loss leaves Kobe dengerously close to the relegation zone, this game saw Botti start his comeback from injury, coming on as a sub in the second half. The team can also take heart from the fact that despite failing to score, Okubo put in a good performance that should stand them in good stead when Botti regains match fitness and Kim returns to the team.

Urawa Reds
Kenta Tsuzuki
Nobuhisa Yamada, Tulio, Yuki Abe, Takuya Nagata (Shunki Takahashi 70)
Keita Suzuki, Hajime Hosogai, Naoki Yamada (Yoshiya Nishizawa 87), Genki Haruguchi (Ponte 80)
Naohiro Takahara, Edmilson
Scorers: Edmilson 2, Takahara 42

Vissel
Tatsuya Enomoto
Kunie Kitamoto (Hiroki Kishida 74), Teruaki Kobayashi, Tsuneysu Miyamoto, Ryuhei Niwa
Hideo Tanaka, Ryosuke Matsuoka, Alan Bahai (Botti 60), Yoshito Okubo
Marcel (Kazuki Ganaha 60), Hiroto Mogi

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