Football: Ailing Reds open season with win on road

Urawa Reds, coming off a 14th-place finish last year and without some of their big names, opened the J-League season by beating Shonan Bellmare 3-2 away on Friday.Despite missing several big players and with defensive linchpin Tomoaki Makino starting on the bench, Reds were able to survive a tough fight, thanks to Takahiro Sekine's late winner after Bellmare missed a penalty."We didn't play at all well, but we still got off to a good start in the league," Sekine said.The visitors took a cautious stance from the get-go before 13,071 at BMW Stadium southwest of Tokyo, allowing the hosts the b…READ FULL ARTICLE