Vegalta Sendai beat Tegevajaro Miyazaki 4-2 in J.League 2, taking control with two goals either side of the half-hour mark. Tsubasa Umeki gave them an early lead, and Motohiko Nakajima made sure the advantage stuck.
Umeki put Sendai ahead in the ninth minute, but Kaiga Murakoshi levelled for Miyazaki on 15. Nakajima restored the lead from the spot? No—no penalty info. Keep factual: Nakajima scored in the 22nd minute and again on 27 to make it 3-1. Eisuke Watanabe pulled one back for Miyazaki in the 67th minute, and Sendai sealed the win with a fourth goal in the 90th.
Nakajima was the matchwinner with two first-half goals, the decisive contribution in a game that produced six goals. Yota Sugiyama and Hiroto Iwabuchi were booked, and Sendai finished strongly to take all three points.
