OSAKA - Cerezo Osaka preserved an early opener to edge Borussia Dortmund 1-0 in an international club friendly on Wednesday, with former international Shinji Kagawa, who has played with both Japanese and German top-tier outfits, setting in motion the scoring.

Solomon Sakuragawa opened the scoring in the eighth minute at Yanmar Hanasaka Stadium in Osaka, heading in a right-foot cross from Takumi Nakamura.

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