The 48th Japan Club Youth Soccer Championship (U-18)
Knockout Stage Semi-final vs Nagoya Grampus U-18 (Tokai/Aichi Prefecture)
Kickoff: Monday, July 29, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

(Venue: AJINOMOTO FIELD NISHIGAOKA)

GAMBA OSAKA Youth 2-0 Nagoya Grampus U-18
［First half 0-0/Second half 2-0］

[Scorers]
Amano, Okura

[Starting members]
GK Araki
DF Kaji, Furukawa, Yokoi, Matsumoto
MF Nagata, Yamamoto, Amano, Tono, Morita
FW Nakatsumi

Substitutions: Tono → Okura, Nakazumi → Hisanaga, Matsumoto → Matsui, Morita → Ishikawa, Amano → Yata


The knockout stage semi-finals will be held at AJINOMOTO FIELD NISHIGAOKA(Tokyo).
GAMBA OSAKA Osaka Youth's opponent will be Nagoya Grampus U-18, a team that has won all of its qualifying matches and has explosive offensive power.

As soon as the game kicked off, both teams' determination to win collided, resulting in fierce attacks and defences for the ball.
While GAMBA OSAKA built their attacks by mixing long and short passes, Nagoya Grampus made the most of their running ability to launch quick attacks.
The first half ended in a scoreless draw with neither team able to create any clear scoring opportunities.
GAMBA OSAKA started the second half with a powerful attack, and in the fourth minute, MF Amano dribbled from the left wing and fired a shot, only for it to be unfortunately blocked by the crossbar.
GAMBA OSAKA continued to gain momentum, and five minutes into the second half, MF Tono showed tenacity up front, and Amano picked up a loose ball inside the penalty area, dribbled and fired a powerful shot into the goal, giving them a valuable opening goal.
The defense, which had kept a clean sheet in every game, showed stable and tenacious defense in this game as well, nipping Grampus' attacks in the bud and not allowing them to counterattack.
In the 40+1 minute of added time in the second half, substitute MF Okura broke through the DF line and swung his left foot, scoring the decisive shot to extend the lead to 2-0.
With the support of a large number of supporters cheering them on as if they were at home , the GAMBA OSAKA eleven played energetically until the end of the game, shutting down Grampus' attacks.
The stadium erupts in joy as Gamba supporters blow the final whistle.
GAMBA OSAKA Youth kept a clean sheet for the fifth consecutive match, winning 2-0 and advancing to the final on the 31st.



Thank you for your warm support for GAMBA OSAKA Osaka Youth today.


Knockout Stage Final vs Kawasaki Frontale U18 (Kanto/Kanagawa Prefecture)
Kickoff: Wednesday, July 31, 2024, 18:00
Venue: AJINOMOTO FIELD NISHIGAOKA(Tokyo)



For details about the 48th Japan Club Youth Soccer Championship (U-18),
Please visit the Japan Club Youth Soccer Federation website.

https://www.jfa.jp/match/club_youth_u18_2024/