{"id":25099,"date":"2025-05-05T07:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T07:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/25099\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T07:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T07:09:11","slug":"shuto-machino-nets-11th-goal-leaves-injured-as-kiel-get-big-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/25099\/","title":{"rendered":"Shuto Machino nets 11th goal, leaves injured as Kiel get big win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Holstein Kiel forward Shuto Machino scored for the third successive German Bundesliga match before going off injured Sunday as the relegation-threatened club grabbed a vital 3-1 win at Augsburg.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old Japan international took his tally to 11 league goals when he opened the scoring at WWK Arena with a 25th-minute penalty. He left the pitch in the 39th minute and was later seen on crutches, according to the league website.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746428950_493_photo_l.jpg\" width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Holstein Kiel&#8217;s Shuto Machino scores a penalty during the first half of a German Bundesliga match against Augsburg at WWK Arena in Augsburg, Germany, on May 4, 2025. (Kyodo)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Forward Alexander Bernhardsson looped in a header a minute after Machino&#8217;s withdrawal and swept in another for Kiel in the 51st minute. Steve Mounie pulled one back for Augsburg in the 90th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Kiel remain in the relegation zone, but the win moved them up to 25 points, just a point behind Heidenheim, who occupy the promotion-relegation playoff spot in 16th.<\/p>\n<p>Bayern Munich, home to Japan defender Hiroki Ito, who is currently out injured, claimed their 34th league title after holders Bayer Leverkusen drew 2-2 at Freiburg, leaving them eight points off the lead with two games to go.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746428951_402_photo_l.jpg\" width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Liverpool&#8217;s Wataru Endo passes the ball during the first half of an English Premier League match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in London on May 4, 2025. (Kyodo)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In England, Japan captain Wataru Endo made his first Premier League start this season as newly crowned champions Liverpool were beaten 3-1 at Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds midfielder Ao Tanaka was named the club&#8217;s player of the season by his teammates after helping them win the second-tier Championship and secure promotion to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Tanaka joined from German second-tier side Fortuna Dusseldorf last summer and excelled in his first season in England, with his 20-meter curling strike away to Hull in January voted Leeds&#8217; goal of the season by their fans.<\/p>\n<p>Related coverage:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Kyodo News Plus\" href=\"https:\/\/english.kyodonews.net\/news\/2025\/05\/f58e461d31cb-football-leeds-tanaka-celebrate-title-with-dramatic-late-win.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Football: Leeds, Tanaka celebrate title with dramatic late win<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Kyodo News Plus\" href=\"https:\/\/english.kyodonews.net\/news\/2025\/05\/a91610c4b0bf-football-al-ahli-beat-kawasaki-to-win-asian-champions-league-elite.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Football: Al Ahli beat Kawasaki to win Asian Champions League Elite<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Holstein Kiel forward Shuto Machino scored for the third successive German Bundesliga match before going off injured Sunday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[7,3149,3150,3414,11130,11131,11129],"class_list":{"0":"post-25099","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-japan","10":"tag-japan-news","11":"tag-shuto-machino","12":"tag-shuto-machino-bundesliga","13":"tag-shuto-machino-football","14":"tag-shuto-machino-kiel"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114453975338176896","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}