Japanese J.League

V-Varen Nagasaki vs Vissel Kobe, 2026 Japanese J1 League, 2026 J1 100 Year Vision League

· V-Varen Nagasaki win 3-2 on penalties
V-Varen Nagasaki
  • 21': Hotaru Yamaguchi
  • 45': Eduardo
FT - Penalties
2 - 2
V-Varen Nagasaki win 3-2 on penalties
Vissel Kobe
  • 27': Yoshinori Muto
  • 32': Thuler

About

V-Varen Nagasaki are hosting Vissel Kobe at PEACE STADIUM Connected by SoftBank, Nagasaki, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Commentary

  • 2': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Corner Kick at 2'
  • 2': Boniface Nduka (Vissel Kobe) Corner Kick at 2'
  • 3': Hotaru Yamaguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Assists Shot at 3'
  • 3': Shunya Yoneda (V-Varen Nagasaki) Shot On Target at 3'
  • 3': Daiya Maekawa (Vissel Kobe) Save at 3'
  • 3': Diego (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 3'
  • 4': Nanasei Iino (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 4'
  • 4': Thiago Santana (V-Varen Nagasaki) Blocked Pass at 4'
  • 5': Gotoku Sakai (Vissel Kobe) Assists Shot at 5'
  • 5': Daiju Sasaki (Vissel Kobe) Shot Blocked at 5'
  • 5': Kazuki Kushibiki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Save at 5'
  • 5': Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe) Assists Shot at 5'
  • 5': Daiju Sasaki (Vissel Kobe) Shot Off Target at 5'
  • 6': Masahiro Sekiguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Offside at 6'
  • 7': Caetano (Vissel Kobe) Free Kick at 7'
  • 8': Diego (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 8'
  • 8': Thuler (Vissel Kobe) Shot Off Target at 8'
  • 8': Nanasei Iino (Vissel Kobe) Assists Shot at 8'
  • 9': Diego (Vissel Kobe) Blocked Pass at 9'
  • 10': Diego (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 10'
  • 11': Masahiro Sekiguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Shot Blocked at 11'
  • 11': Caetano (Vissel Kobe) Save at 11'
  • 11': Motoki Hasegawa (V-Varen Nagasaki) Shot On Target at 11'
  • 11': Daiya Maekawa (Vissel Kobe) Save at 11'
  • 12': Nanasei Iino (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 12'
  • 12': Diego (Vissel Kobe) Foul at 12'
  • 13': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Free Kick at 13'
  • 13': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Offside at 13'
  • 14': Daiya Maekawa (Vissel Kobe) Free Kick at 14'
  • 14': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 14'
  • 15': Diego (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 15'
  • 16': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 16'
  • 16': Masahiro Sekiguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 16'
  • 17': Shunya Yoneda (V-Varen Nagasaki) Assists Shot at 17'
  • 17': Thiago Santana (V-Varen Nagasaki) Shot Off Target at 17'
  • 18': Diego (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 18'
  • 18': Boniface Nduka (Vissel Kobe) Assists Shot at 18'
  • 18': Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe) Shot On Target at 18'
  • 18': Masaaki Goto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Save at 18'
  • 19': Diego (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 19'
  • 19': Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) Blocked Pass at 19'
  • 20': Diego (Vissel Kobe) Corner Kick at 20'
  • 20': Nanasei Iino (Vissel Kobe) Assists Shot at 20'
  • 20': Thuler (Vissel Kobe) Shot Blocked at 20'
  • 20': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Save at 20'
  • 21': Hotaru Yamaguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Goal at 21'
  • 21': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Assist at 21'
  • 22': Diego (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 22'
  • 22': Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe) Shot Off Target at 22'
  • 22': Daiju Sasaki (Vissel Kobe) Assists Shot at 22'
  • 23': Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) Shot On Target at 23'
  • 23': Daiju Sasaki (Vissel Kobe) Assists Shot at 23'
  • 23': Masaaki Goto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Save at 23'
  • 23': Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) Corner Kick at 23'
  • 26': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 26'
  • 26': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 26'
  • 27': Nanasei Iino (Vissel Kobe) Assist at 27'
  • 27': Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) Goal - Header at 27'
  • 28': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Foul at 28'
  • 29': Caetano (Vissel Kobe) Free Kick at 29'
  • 30': Diego (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 30'
  • 31': Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe) Assists Shot at 31'
  • 31': Yosuke Ideguchi (Vissel Kobe) Shot Off Target at 31'
  • 32': Diego (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 32'
  • 32': Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) Shot Blocked at 32'
  • 32': Masaaki Goto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Save at 32'
  • 32': Thuler (Vissel Kobe) Goal - Header at 32'
  • 34': Diego (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 34'
  • 34': Diego (Vissel Kobe) Offside at 34'
  • 35': Masaaki Goto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Free Kick at 35'
  • 35': Masahiro Sekiguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 35'
  • 36': Eduardo (V-Varen Nagasaki) Foul at 36'
  • 36': Daiya Maekawa (Vissel Kobe) Free Kick at 36'
  • 36': Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) Assists Shot at 36'
  • 36': Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe) Shot Hit Woodwork at 36'
  • 37': Caetano (Vissel Kobe) Foul at 37'
  • 37': Caetano (Vissel Kobe) Yellow Card at 37'
  • 37': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Free Kick at 37'
  • 39': Diego (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 39'
  • 39': Thiago Santana (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 39'
  • 40': Riku Yamada (V-Varen Nagasaki) Foul at 40'
  • 40': Daiya Maekawa (Vissel Kobe) Free Kick at 40'
  • 42': Shunya Yoneda (V-Varen Nagasaki) Blocked Pass at 42'
  • 42': Thiago Santana (V-Varen Nagasaki) Shot On Target at 42'
  • 42': Shunya Yoneda (V-Varen Nagasaki) Assists Shot at 42'
  • 42': Daiya Maekawa (Vissel Kobe) Save at 42'
  • 43': Gotoku Sakai (Vissel Kobe) Foul at 43'
  • 44': Masaaki Goto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Free Kick at 44'
  • 44': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 44'
  • 44': Caetano (Vissel Kobe) Corner Kick at 44'
  • 44': Caetano (Vissel Kobe) Corner Kick at 44'
  • 45': Eduardo (V-Varen Nagasaki) Goal at 45'
  • 45': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Assist at 45'
  • 45'+2': Kazuki Kushibiki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Foul at 47'
  • 45'+2': Caetano (Vissel Kobe) Free Kick at 47'
  • 45'+3': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Shot Off Target at 48'
  • 45'+3': Hotaru Yamaguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Assists Shot at 48'
  • 45'+4': Daiya Maekawa (Vissel Kobe) Assists Shot at 49'
  • 45'+4': Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe) Shot On Target at 49'
  • 45'+4': Masaaki Goto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Save at 49'
  • 45'+4': Diego (Vissel Kobe) Foul at 49'
  • 45'+5': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Free Kick at 50'
  • 46': Diego (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 46'
  • 48': Kazuki Kushibiki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Foul at 48'
  • 48': Yosuke Ideguchi (Vissel Kobe) Free Kick at 48'
  • 49': Masahiro Sekiguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 49'
  • 50': Yosuke Ideguchi (Vissel Kobe) Blocked Pass at 50'
  • 51': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 51'
  • 53': Nanasei Iino (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 53'
  • 55': Thiago Santana (V-Varen Nagasaki) Handball at 55'
  • 55': Yosuke Ideguchi (Vissel Kobe) Free Kick at 55'
  • 56': Nanasei Iino (Vissel Kobe) Handball at 56'
  • 58': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Free Kick at 58'
  • 58': Rikuto Hirose (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 58'
  • 59': Diego (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 59'
  • 59': Diego (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 59'
  • 59': Gotoku Sakai (Vissel Kobe) Offside at 59'
  • 59': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Free Kick at 59'
  • 60': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 60'
  • 60': Motoki Hasegawa (V-Varen Nagasaki) Shot Off Target at 60'
  • 61': Motoki Hasegawa (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 61'
  • 62': Yosuke Ideguchi (Vissel Kobe) Foul at 62'
  • 62': Eduardo (V-Varen Nagasaki) Free Kick at 62'
  • 62': Rikuto Hirose (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 62'
  • 63': Motoki Hasegawa (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 63'
  • 63': Ryogo Yamasaki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 63'
  • 64': Ren Komatsu (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 64'
  • 64': Rikuto Hirose (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 64'
  • 64': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Offside at 64'
  • 65': Thuler (Vissel Kobe) Free Kick at 65'
  • 65': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Foul at 65'
  • 66': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Yellow Card at 66'
  • 66': Rikuto Hirose (Vissel Kobe) Free Kick at 66'
  • 68': Diego (Vissel Kobe) Corner Kick at 68'
  • 68': Diego (Vissel Kobe) Corner Kick at 68'
  • 70': Rikuto Hirose (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 70'
  • 70': Gotoku Sakai (Vissel Kobe) Assists Shot at 70'
  • 70': Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) Shot Off Target at 70'
  • 70': Riku Yamada (V-Varen Nagasaki) Save at 70'
  • 70': Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) Corner Kick at 70'
  • 70': Riku Yamada (V-Varen Nagasaki) Corner Kick at 70'
  • 71': Yusei Egawa (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 71'
  • 71': Rikuto Hirose (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 71'
  • 73': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 73'
  • 73': Ryogo Yamasaki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Blocked Pass at 73'
  • 74': Diego (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 74'
  • 74': Masahiro Sekiguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 74'
  • 75': Kazuki Kushibiki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Blocked Pass at 75'
  • 75': Hotaru Yamaguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Assists Shot at 75'
  • 75': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Shot Off Target at 75'
  • 76': Diego (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 76'
  • 76': Yosuke Ideguchi (Vissel Kobe) Blocked Pass at 76'
  • 77': Shunya Yoneda (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 77'
  • 77': Shunya Yoneda (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 77'
  • 78': Rikuto Hirose (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 78'
  • 78': Hotaru Yamaguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Blocked Pass at 78'
  • 78': Rikuto Hirose (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 78'
  • 79': Makoto Mitsuta (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 79'
  • 79': Jean Patric (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 79'
  • 80': Rikuto Hirose (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 80'
  • 80': Ryogo Yamasaki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Handball at 80'
  • 80': Boniface Nduka (Vissel Kobe) Free Kick at 80'
  • 81': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Shot Off Target at 81'
  • 81': Hotaru Yamaguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Assists Shot at 81'
  • 81': Norman Campbell (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 81'
  • 81': Diego Pituca (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 81'
  • 81': Hayato Teruyama (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 81'
  • 82': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 82'
  • 83': Norman Campbell (V-Varen Nagasaki) Foul at 83'
  • 83': Makoto Mitsuta (Vissel Kobe) Free Kick at 83'
  • 83': Yusei Egawa (V-Varen Nagasaki) Foul at 83'
  • 84': Rikuto Hirose (Vissel Kobe) Free Kick at 84'
  • 84': Rikuto Hirose (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 84'
  • 85': Hayato Teruyama (V-Varen Nagasaki) Foul at 85'
  • 85': Thuler (Vissel Kobe) Free Kick at 85'
  • 86': Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) Blocked Pass at 86'
  • 86': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Blocked Pass at 86'
  • 87': Norman Campbell (V-Varen Nagasaki) Shot Blocked at 87'
  • 87': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Assists Shot at 87'
  • 87': Boniface Nduka (Vissel Kobe) Save at 87'
  • 87': Boniface Nduka (Vissel Kobe) Corner Kick at 87'
  • 87': Norman Campbell (V-Varen Nagasaki) Corner Kick at 87'
  • 88': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 88'
  • 88': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Shot Off Target at 88'
  • 88': Hayato Teruyama (V-Varen Nagasaki) Assists Shot at 88'
  • 88': Diego Pituca (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 88'
  • 89': Jean Patric (Vissel Kobe) Foul at 89'
  • 90': Masaaki Goto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Free Kick at 90'
  • 90': Boniface Nduka (Vissel Kobe) Corner Kick at 90'
  • 90': Boniface Nduka (Vissel Kobe) Corner Kick at 90'
  • 90'+1': Shunya Yoneda (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 91'
  • 90'+1': Makoto Mitsuta (Vissel Kobe) Foul at 91'
  • 90'+2': Diego Pituca (V-Varen Nagasaki) Yellow Card at 92'
  • 90'+2': Diego Pituca (V-Varen Nagasaki) Free Kick at 92'
  • 90'+3': Ren Komatsu (Vissel Kobe) Shot Hit Woodwork at 93'
  • 90'+3': Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) Assists Shot at 93'
  • 90'+3': Rikuto Hirose (Vissel Kobe) Throw In at 93'
  • 90'+3': Daiju Sasaki (Vissel Kobe) Foul at 93'
  • 90'+4': Masaaki Goto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Free Kick at 94'
  • 91': Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) Penalty - Missed at 91'
  • 92': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Penalty - Scored at 92'
  • 93': Rikuto Hirose (Vissel Kobe) Penalty - Missed at 93'
  • 94': Ryogo Yamasaki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Penalty - Missed at 94'
  • 95': Makoto Mitsuta (Vissel Kobe) Penalty - Scored at 95'
  • 95': Norman Campbell (V-Varen Nagasaki) Penalty - Scored at 95'
  • 96': Jean Patric (Vissel Kobe) Penalty - Scored at 96'
  • 97': Diego Pituca (V-Varen Nagasaki) Penalty - Scored at 97'
  • 98': Daiju Sasaki (Vissel Kobe) Penalty - Missed at 98'

Statistics

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9 Fouls 11
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 3
3 Corner Kicks 5
3 Saves 4
57.9 Possession 42.1
15 SHOTS 13
6 ON GOAL 5
0.4 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
329 Accurate Passes 214
426 Passes 302
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
6 Accurate Crosses 2
16 Crosses 16
0.4 Cross % 0.1
70 Long Balls 61
32 Accurate Long Balls 18
0.5 Long Balls % 0.3
2 Blocked Shots 2
12 Effective Tackles 12
16 Tackles 15
0.8 Tackle % 0.8
12 Interceptions 6
24 Effective Clearances 32
24 Clearances 32

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: PEACE STADIUM Connected by SoftBank
Location: Nagasaki, Japan
Attendance: 20,361

Japanese J1 League Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Vissel Kobe 18 +6 35
2 Cerezo Osaka 18 +7 31
3 Nagoya Grampus 18 +3 31
4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 +8 30
Full Standings

Line-Ups

VVN V-Varen Nagasaki (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
1 Masaaki Goto (GK)
25 Kazuki Kushibiki
4 Eduardo
22 Hijiri Onaga Yellow Card
24 Riku Yamada
5 Hotaru Yamaguchi
23 Shunya Yoneda
3 Masahiro Sekiguchi
9 Thiago Santana
10 Matheus Jesus
41 Motoki Hasegawa
V-Varen Nagasaki Substitutes:
Tenmu Matsumoto, Norman Campbell, Hayato Teruyama, Go Hatano, Diego Pituca , Keita Takahata, Ryogo Yamasaki, Tsubasa Kasayanagi, Yusei Egawa.

VIS Vissel Kobe (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
1 Daiya Maekawa (GK)
3 Thuler
16 Caetano Yellow Card
80 Boniface Nduka
7 Yosuke Ideguchi
24 Gotoku Sakai
15 Diego
2 Nanasei Iino
10 Yuya Osako
13 Daiju Sasaki
11 Yoshinori Muto
Vissel Kobe Substitutes:
Shuichi Gonda, Yuta Goke, Katsuya Nagato, Mitsuki Hidaka, Makoto Mitsuta, Yuya Kuwasaki, Rikuto Hirose, Jean Patric , Ren Komatsu.

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