HIRATSUKA, Kanagawa Pref. -- Urawa forward Kenji Oshiba struck the winner a minute after coming off the bench Sunday as the Reds rallied past archrival Shonan Bellmare 2-1 in J. League Division Two action at Hiratsuka Stadium.
Playing before a sell-out crowd of 14,868, Bellmare went ahead on Paraguayan defender Sanabria's looped header off a free-kick, which sailed over advancing Urawa goalkeeper Yuki Takita in the seventh minute.
The early goal put the Shonan players in defensive mode, but they were caught out in the 64th minute when defender Hideki Uchidate knocked in a low header from a Shinji Ono corner to level the scores.
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