2017 Japanese Super Cup Explained

2017 Japanese Super Cup
Team1:	Kashima Antlers
Team1score:	3
Team2:	Urawa Red Diamonds
Team2score:	2
Date:	18 February 2017
Stadium:	Nissan Stadium
City:	Yokohama
Referee:	Hiroyuki Kimura
Attendance:	48,250
Weather:	11.7°C 31% humidity
Previous:	2016
Next:	2018

The 2017 Japanese Super Cup was held on 18 February 2017 between the 2016 J1 League and 2016 Emperor's Cup champions Kashima Antlers and the 2016 J1 League runners-up Urawa Red Diamonds.

Kashima Antlers won the match 3–2; after Yasushi Endo's brace put Kashima 2–0 up before half-time, Urawa came back in the second half with a penalty scored by Shinzo Koroki and the equalizer by Yuki Muto, but a late winner from Yuma Suzuki proved to be the decisive goal.

Match

Kashima Antlers GK 1 Kwoun Sun-tae RB 22 Daigo Nishi CB 5 Naomichi Ueda CB 3 Gen Shoji LB 15 CM 40 Mitsuo Ogasawara (c) CM 4 RM 25 Yasushi Endo LM 8 Shoma Doi SS 11 Pedro Junior CF 33 Substitutes: GK 21 Hitoshi Sogahata CB 16 RB 14 Koki Machida DM 6 SS 11 Leandro CF 14 Takeshi Kanamori CF 9 Manager: Masatada Ishii

Urawa Red Diamonds GK 1 Shusaku Nishikawa CB 46 Ryota Moriwaki CB 6 CB 3 Tomoya Ugajin RM 14 DM 16 DM 22 Yuki Abe (c) LM 38 AM 9 Yuki Muto AM 20 CF 21 Substitutes: GK 25 Tetsuya Enomoto CB 4 Daisuke Nasu RM 14 Tadaaki Hirakawa WB 24 CM 15 AM 39 Shinya Yajima CF 30 Manager: Mihailo Petrović

Statistics

Statistic	Kashima Antlers	Urawa Red Diamonds
scope=row	Goals scored	3	2
scope=row	Possession	40%	60%
scope=row	Shots on target	4	1
scope=row	Shots off target	4	8
scope=row	Corner kicks	1	3
scope=row	Fouls	20	15
scope=row	Offsides	1	3
scope=row	Yellow cards	3	2
scope=row	Red cards	0	0
Source:^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kashima Antlers vs. Urawa Reds – 18 February 2017 – Soccerway.