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A 10th minute Patryk Klimala penalty and Naoyo Arai’s own goal 17 minutes later had given the hosts a two-goal lead at Mokdong Stadium but Germain and Kinoshita both netted in stoppage time to salvage a point for the visitors and complicate the picture for FC Seoul.
That means already-qualified Hiroshima finish on 15 points while FC Seoul move onto 10 points from their eight matches and leaves Kim Gi-dong’s side sweating on the outcome of the remaining games in the East Zone's League Stage.
FC Seoul had been on the back foot throughout the opening exchanges but burst forward as a Hiroshima corner broke down to take the lead.
Song Min-kyu picked up possession in his own half and powered towards the visitors’ penalty area to slip the ball into the path of Choi Jun, who was brought down by Hayao Kawabe’s clumsy challenge.
Referee Khaled Al Turais pointed to the spot and Klimala scored with goalkeeper Keisuke Osako diving the wrong way.
Hiroshima almost responded within three minutes but Taishi Matsumoto’s scuffed shot bobbled across the face of the FC Seoul goal. Goalkeeper Gu Sung-yun instinctively swatted clear a header towards his own goal by defender Hrvoje Babec soon after.
But the Japanese side were caught out again in the 27th minute. Jeong Seung-won sent in an in-swinging corner from the left and Arai inexplicably headed the ball into his own net from close range.
Song’s looping header bounced on the top of the crossbar as FC Seoul sought a third while Arai saw his free-kick punched clear by Gu as it drifted towards goal three minutes before the break.
Hiroshima sought a way back into the game after the interval and Arai almost provided it on the hour mark, his mishit attempt trundling towards the bottom corner until Gu intervened at full stretch.
Cho Young-wook pulled a right-foot shot wide for FC Seoul while Hiroshima’s Sota Nakamura skied his shot over the bar from close range following Kinoshita’s cutback as both sides continued to carve out scoring opportunities.
Home substitute Leonardo Ruiz crashed his shot on the run into the side-netting in the dying moments before Germain slid in to pull one back for the visitors in the 93rd minute.
And three minutes later Kinoshita nodded in Takaaki Shichi’s clipped ball from the left to salvage a draw for the visitors and leave FC Seoul facing a nervous wait.
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