Sagan Tosu suffer a 1-6 loss to Vissel Kobe where Spain legend Fernando Torres ends his career in Japan.
2019 J1 League
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Match Reports
Spanish World Cup-winning striker Fernando Torres has played his final professional match before retirement.
The former Atletico Madrid, Liverpool and Chelsea forward, 35, finished his career in Japan with Sagan Tosu.
They lost his final game 6-1 to a Vissel Kobe side featuring former team-mates Andres Iniesta and David Villa.
Torres, who announced his retirement from the game earlier this summer, played the full 90 minutes of the J-League encounter on Friday but Tosu were completely outmatched at the Best Amenity Stadium.
Match Events
11' GOAL! Sagan Tosu 0-1 Vissel Kobe (Yamaguchi)
The away side open scoring in just 11 minutes.
20' Penalty Goal! Sagan Tosu 0-2 Vissel Kobe (Iniesta)
Goal! The away team extend their lead to 0-2 thanks to a penalty from Andres Iniesta.
22' GOAL! Sagan Tosu 0-3 Vissel Kobe (Tanaka)
That's a fine assist from Kyogo Furuhashi after Iniesta long pass.
54' GOAL! Sagan Tosu 0-4 Vissel Kobe (Furuhashi)
An easy tap-in from Furuhashi extends the lead to 4-0.
63. Torres comes close but misses a great chance!
73' GOAL! Sagan Tosu 0-5 Vissel Kobe (Furuhashi)
Great play from Hotaru Yamaguchi to set up the goal.
79' OWN GOAL! Sagan Tosu 1-5 Vissel Kobe (Vermaelen)
An unfortunate own goal by former Barca star Thomas Vermaelen makes the score 1-5.
86' GOAL! Sagan Tosu 1-6 Vissel Kobe (Yamaguchi)
It has been a one-sided thrashing in this emotional send-off game.
Line-ups
Sagan Tosu XI: F.Torres, Y. Kobayashi, Yoshiki Takahashi, H. Takahashi, T. Kanai, Isaac Cuenca, T. Kanamori, Y. Takaoka, An Yong-Woo, Park Jeong-su, D. Matsuoka
Subs: M. Kanazaki, Y. Toyoda, Y. Ono, K. Ishikawa, Yuji Takahashi, A. Fukuta, H. Mitsumaru
Vissel Kobe XI: Iniesta, T. Vermaelen, H. Iikura, D. Nishi, G. Sakai, H. Yamaguchi, J. Tanaka, Dankler, Samper, L. Osaki, K. Furuhashi
Subs: David Villa, K. Ogawa, H. Watanabe, S. Fujitani, D. Maekawa, T. Yasui, N. Fujimoto