FC Tokyo vs Gamba Osaka
How the goals came
29' 田中 遥大 opens the scoring for FC Tokyo → 60' 當野 泰生 equalises for Gamba Osaka → 63' 友松 祐貴 puts FC Tokyo ahead → 66' Koki Shirosaka equalises for Gamba Osaka. Full time: 2-2, a draw.
The match, goal by goal
3 of the 4 goals came after half-time.
29' 田中 遥大 (FC Tokyo) 1-0
The match at Ajinomoto Stadium was still goalless when it turned in the 29th minute, with FC Tokyo taking the lead for 1-0. It was the first goal of the opening-round fixture, scored before the interval. From that point Gamba Osaka had to play from behind.
60' 當野 泰生 (Gamba Osaka) 1-1
Gamba Osaka drew level in the 60th minute, the visitors' first goal of the night making it 1-1. FC Tokyo's lead, held since the 29th minute, was gone. With half an hour left, the opening-round meeting was level again.
63' 友松 祐貴 (FC Tokyo) 2-1
The equality lasted only three minutes. In the 63rd, FC Tokyo moved back in front at 2-1, restoring the home side's advantage almost as soon as it had been lost. Gamba Osaka had to start chasing again having only just caught up.
66' Koki Shirosaka (Gamba Osaka) 2-2
Three minutes after falling behind again, Gamba Osaka levelled once more through Koki Shirosaka in the 66th minute. Three goals had come in the seven minutes between the 60th and the 66th, leaving the score at 2-2. That is how it finished: FC Tokyo had held the lead twice at home and kept it neither time, in front of 1,619 spectators.