Yokohama F. Marinos hit V-Varen Nagasaki with a second-half blitz to head into the J. League's World Cup shutdown on a high with a 5-2 win on Saturday.
V-Varen, playing their first-ever season in J1, twice took the lead at Nissan Stadium through goals from Juanma and Keita Nakamura, only for Marinos to equalize both times thanks to a Yuki Otsu penalty and a goal from Teruhito Nakagawa.
Nakagawa then put the home side in front for the first time in the match in the 67th minute, before further strikes from Takahiro Ogihara and Milos Degenek made the game safe for Marinos.