Brazilian striker Emerson grabbed a hat trick Tuesday as second-stage winners Urawa Reds deepened Kashiwa Reysol's relegation worries with a 4-0 away win in the J. League first division.
Urawa got back to winning ways after claiming its first-ever stage title despite a 2-1 defeat at home to Nagoya on Saturday and left Kashiwa's fate to the last weekend of the season.
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