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The defender struck four minutes into injury time to leave the J1 league side at the top of Group G with four points while the Singapore outfit, who finished the match with no shots on target, are three adrift.
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Takuma Nishimura tried his luck in the 14th minute from just past the opposing centre circle after seeing Tampines Rovers custodian Syazwan Buhari off his line, but the midfielder’s shot sailed over and to the left of its target.
The home side’s attacking line up failed to give their opponents any cause for concern until the half-hour mark and even then, Hide Higashikawa’s header went nowhere close to troubling keeper Tatsuya Morita.
The home side’s attacking line up failed to give their opponents any cause for concern until the half-hour mark and even then, Hide Higashikawa’s header went nowhere close to troubling keeper Tatsuya Morita.
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Keiya Sento found an opening to break the impasse in the 37th minute, but instead booted over from the centre of the area after receiving a headed cut-back from Nishimura.
Daihachi Okamura then went low with a drive three minutes later that Syazwan easily collected, giving Machida Zelvia one shot on target and none for Tampines Rovers heading into the break.
Daihachi Okamura then went low with a drive three minutes later that Syazwan easily collected, giving Machida Zelvia one shot on target and none for Tampines Rovers heading into the break.
Group G: Tampines Rovers FC (SGP) v FC Machida Zelvia (JPN)
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The visitors ramped up the pressure in the second half, Nishimura seeing his 54th-minute header blocked by Seiga Sumi before it could reach Syazwan, who later collected Hotaka Nakamura’s cross from the right before it could pose any problems.
Henry Mochizuki, who stepped on in the 68th minute, made an impact four minutes later when his header from the edge of the six-yard box was punched away by the Tampines Rovers custodian.
Henry Mochizuki, who stepped on in the 68th minute, made an impact four minutes later when his header from the edge of the six-yard box was punched away by the Tampines Rovers custodian.
Syazwan then blocked a close-range lunge by Sento in the 78th minute, with the ball bouncing behind the keeper before being cleared off the line by defender Jacob Mahler.
Machida Zelvia skipper Hokuto Shimoda’s drive was then intercepted by Koki Ogawa, who flicked the ball behind him instinctively only to see the alert Syzawan get his hands to it.
Machida Zelvia skipper Hokuto Shimoda’s drive was then intercepted by Koki Ogawa, who flicked the ball behind him instinctively only to see the alert Syzawan get his hands to it.
Mochizuki then delivered the final blow when his low drive four minutes into stoppage time took a deflection off Irfan Fandi and went past a hapless Syazwan.
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