マシカ選手、ヴィッセル
It was Yamaguchi who gave Kobe the lead with only two minutes played after exchanging passes with Timbe, before beating Tokushima goalkeeper will a low effort.
The goal gave Kobe a spring in their step, and they continued to raid Tokushima’s danger zone and Timbe could have scored the second in the 12th minute but his ferocious left-footed strike was punched out a fruitless corner by the Tokushima goalkeeper.
The game went into the half-time break with Kobe leading 1-0 and in the second half, Atsuhiro Miura introduced former Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta, who came in for Tatsunori Sakurai, and the move added some punch to Kobe’s attacking line.