Norihiro Yamagishi is happy to keep talking about the goal he scored to put Montedio Yamagata into last season's J. League promotion playoff final, but the goalkeeper would rather discuss what his team can achieve in its return to the first division.

Yamagishi produced one of the moments of last season as the seconds ticked away in Montedio's playoff semifinal against Jubilo Iwata, with the score tied at 1-1 and nothing less than a win good enough to save Yamagata from elimination.

With an injury-time corner giving Montedio one last chance, Yamagishi moved forward to join the fray. The goalkeeper met Tatsuya Ishikawa's delivery with a glancing header, then wheeled away in disbelief as the ball whistled past his opposite number in the Jubilo goal.