Nagoya Grampus 4-1 Gamba Osaka - 15 October 2011 (60-75 mins)

osakabenGamba 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 really doing anything in left midfield anyway, retreats to left-back. But before Gamba can really generate some rhythm, Naoshi Nakamura dispossesses Yasuhito Endo in central midfield and hits a 25-yarder past a poorly positioned Yosuke Fujigaya. Nagoya don't need to care about width now - they have a 3-1 lead and total control as they seek to close things up centrally.

18.10.2011