Kashima Antlers beat Nagoya Grampus 2-1 in J.League, thanks to a late winner from Takuya Uchida. The game was level from the 54th minute after Naomichi Ueda cancelled out Léo Ceará's opener, but Kashima struck at the death to take all three points.
Léo Ceará put Kashima ahead in the 22nd minute from Yan Matheus's assist. Nagoya hit back nine minutes after the interval through Ueda, but Kashima kept pushing and got their reward when Uchida scored in the 90th minute. Four yellow cards were shown across the match.
The shot count tells the story of Kashima's edge: they had 16 shots to Nagoya's 13, with six on target to Nagoya's one, and Nagoya's goalkeeper made five saves. Nagoya edged possession 51% to 49%, but Kashima were far more clinical and took the chances that mattered.
