Gamba withdraw Lee Keun-Ho for Hayato Sasaki and switch to 4-2-3-1. Nagoya bring on young forward Kensuke Nagai, who sits in midfield but rotates with Yoshizumi Ogawa and Jungo Fujimoto to offer effective presence in attack. Gamba can...
osakaben | 18.10.2011
Gamba look to regain supremacy in wide areas by actually introducing two wide midfielders - Takahiro Futagawa on the right for the tiring Hideo Hashimoto, and Kim Seung-Yong on the left for Takumi Shimohira. Takuya Takei, who wasn't reall...
osakaben | 18.10.2011
Nagoya boss Dragan Stojkovic tells his players to press harder and adopt a higher line. This serves to crowd the Gamba forwards and allow Nagoya's full backs to get forward. They take a 2-1 lead almost immediately through another goalkeeping ...
osakaben | 18.10.2011
Neither side demonstrate much width, with Gamba deploying four central midfielders (by trade) in a 4-4-2 and Yoshizumi Ogawa the only genuine wide player in Nagoya's 4-3-3. He has to work hard to get involved on the ball; ...
osakaben | 18.10.2011
Trailing 1-3, Kashiwa bring on midfielder Hyodo for Otani and striker Kudo for Kitajima. Barada is switched to the left of a central midfield three, with both Tanaka and Leandro Domingues pushed further forward. Domingues immediately finds plenty...
osakaben | 23.06.2011
Futagawa comes away from touchline, allowing Jorge Wagner to break forward and create extra room for Kashiwa breakaways. However, Wagner starts to tire in second half, and Gamba know that Futagawa and Hirai can now create lots more space for Lee KH a...
osakaben | 23.06.2011
Two interpretations of 4-2-3-1. Futagawa hugs right-hand touchline to prevent Jorge Wagner from breaking forwards for first 40 minutes.
osakaben | 23.06.2011
Two interpretations of 4-2-3-1
osakaben | 22.06.2011
