Hiroshima mengawali permainan babak kedua dengan keras tetapi malah Kashima yang nyaris dua kali menjebol gawang mereka melalui gebrakan yang dilakukan Daiki Iwamasa dan Yuzo Tashiro.
Hiroshima started strongly in the second period but it was Kashima that twice went close to doubling their lead through Daiki Iwamasa and Yuzo Tashiro.