With less than 20 minutes left on the clock and a 3-0 lead at the inaugural WE League Cup final, Tokyo Verdy Beleza players couldn¡¯t be blamed for feeling like they had one hand on the championship trophy.
That memo didn¡¯t appear to have reached Urawa Reds Ladies, who equalized the game 3-3 with an inspired burst of attacking before winning a penalty shootout 4-2 to seal a domestic cup double at Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka in northern Tokyo.
The exciting climax to the first edition of the tournament ¡ª established to give the league¡¯s 11 clubs more competitive action in addition to the 22-game season ¡ª played out in front of 3,546 fans, an improvement on the pandemic-restricted crowd of 2,427 that attended the opening-round match of the 2021-22 campaign between the two teams at the same venue.
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