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【MATCH REPORT】 Shimizu S-Pulse 2-0 Gamba Osaka

Meiji Yasuda J1 League

Match 34

Shimizu S-Pulse 2-0 Gamba Osaka

Saturday December 19th 2 pm

Panasonic Stadium Suita, Osaka


S-PULSE GOALS Kawamoto(49), Kaneko(64)

YELLOW CARDS

RED CARDS

ATTENDANCE 15,252


LINE UP

GK Okubo

DF Elsinho, Yoshimoto, Tatsuta, Okui

MF Nishizawa, Kawai, Takeuchi, Kaneko

FW Goto, Kawamoto


SUBSTITUTIONS

Kawai on for Musaka(61)

Yoshimoto on for Nishimura(71)

Okui on for Kanai(83)

Goto on for Suzuki(83)


REPORT

For the pride of the team! For the pride of the club! For the pride of the fans!  It turned out to be a superb and memorable game, the more for it was plaid on the grounds of a team which finished 2nd in the J1 League this season and with almost half of the regulars absent.


It was also a last game for a quite a few players: Yoshimoto (retirement. It was actually his first and last game of the season after crippling injuries), Musaka (free), Kanai (free). This result also had the merit to take the club above the last two places, which would have meant demotion in a normal season. At least honor is also restored.


They were already better than Gamba in the first half and were the only ones to manage shots on target, including Okui who came very near to scoring.


S-Pulse redoubled their attacks in the second half and Wakamoto could have scored in the 48th minute but the following corner had Elsinho run him behind the Gamba defense and this time the teenager coolly scored his first golal ever for his club. In the 64th minute S-Pulse forwards had the Gamba chasing after their quick passes until Kaneko found the gap to score with low shot inside the far post. The defense held until the last minute and managed to even come up with a clean sheet.


Now, if a second-string team can work out such a result, it just proves there is a lot of talent and potential in this team. It is still quite a mystery why they did not achieve a better season. 

The fans have Justified hopes to be granted!  Let’s meet again next year for an exciting season of football!

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