The 2010 finalists looked as though they were heading for an important opening-matchday victory, but Hajime Moriyasu’s side did not lie down, and in the 90th minute, supersub Koki Ogawa rose highest to nod past Verbruggen, who was caught out by the header’s deflection off Daichi Kamada as it sailed goalwards.
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