Urawa Red Diamonds vs Gamba Osaka
How the goals came
10' Hwang Ui-jo opens the scoring for Gamba Osaka → 41' Shun Nagasawa extends Gamba Osaka's lead (the winner) → 54' Shun Nagasawa extends Gamba Osaka's lead → 79' Kosuke Taketomi pulls one back for Urawa Red Diamonds → 87' Keito Nakamura extends Gamba Osaka's lead. Full time: 1-4, Gamba Osaka win.
The match, goal by goal
3 of the 5 goals came after half-time.
10' Hwang Ui-jo (Gamba Osaka) 0-1
The match opened up in the 10th minute, when Hwang Ui-jo put Gamba Osaka ahead at 0-1. It was the visitors' first lead of the night at Saitama Stadium 2002, and one they would never surrender. Urawa Red Diamonds never drew level again, and the game finished 1-4.
41' Shun Nagasawa (Gamba Osaka) 0-2
With the first half drawing to a close, Shun Nagasawa doubled the advantage. His goal in the 41st minute made it 0-2, the score Gamba Osaka carried into the interval. Urawa Red Diamonds went to the break two behind on their own ground.
54' Shun Nagasawa (Gamba Osaka) 0-3
Nine minutes into the second half, Nagasawa struck again. His second of the evening made it 0-3 and pushed Gamba Osaka's lead beyond the two goals they had held at half-time. Urawa Red Diamonds were left chasing three with just over half an hour to play.
79' Kosuke Taketomi (Urawa Red Diamonds) 1-3
Urawa Red Diamonds finally got on the scoresheet in the 79th minute. Kosuke Taketomi's goal made it 1-3 and cut the deficit to two with the closing stages ahead. It would remain the home side's only goal of the match.
87' Keito Nakamura (Gamba Osaka) 1-4
Late in the game, in the 87th minute, Keito Nakamura had the final word. Coming eight minutes after Taketomi's goal, it restored the three-goal margin at 1-4. Gamba Osaka closed out the night at Saitama Stadium 2002 with that scoreline, before 21,897 spectators.
