Shintaro Chiba scored a late winner as Morioka Shogyo beat Sakuyo 2-1 in the 85th All-Japan High School final at Tokyo's National Stadium on Monday.
Chiba side-footed home on 86 minutes for the Iwate Prefecture team after an excellent run by Daiki Narita on the left stretched the Sakuyo defense, the forward cutting the ball back into the path of the midfielder, who kept his composure in front of goal.
Morioka Shogyo's Shintaro Chiba, center, reacts to the fans after scoring the game-winning goal in the 86th minute in the final of the 85th All-Japan High School Soccer Tournament at Tokyo's National Stadium on Monday. The Iwate Prefecture representative defeated Sakuyo of Okayama Prefecture 2-1.
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