V-Varen Nagasaki Triumphs in J. League Cup, Advances to Next Round

V-Varen Nagasaki edged out Thespa Gunma , 1-4, on Wednesday, in a match relating of the J. League Cup. Both Masaru Okita's team and Takahiro Shimotaira's team held their first game in the competition. Marcos Guilherme made a tremendous game.

Toranosuke Onozeki opened the score shortly before the interval.

With 84 minutes on the clock, Marcos Guilherme fired home for V-Varen Nagasaki.

In a very unlucky moment, Shoya Nose scored an own-goal in the closing stages of the game. In the final minutes of the game, Asahi Masuyama doubled the lead for Takahiro Shimotaira's team. In the final minutes of the game, Marcos Guilherme wrapped things up.

Thanks to this result, V-Varen Nagasaki are through to the next round of the competition.