The final league match of the year-round system is finally coming to an end. With the final match of the ACL2 group stage approaching, the match against Tokyo Verdy will be the last league match under Head Coach Poyatos' leadership. "It will be a culmination of the past three years, so it will be an emotional match. I think the match against Tokyo Verdy will have a festival-like atmosphere, and it will be a game that I have a lot of attachment to,"Head Coach Poyatos said frankly.

The players are also filled with special motivation, eager to crown their passionate manager's final league game with a victory. "It's the Head Coach's last league game, so we want to win tomorrow for Dani (Head Coach)," Abe said emphatically, while Fukuoka, who has shared the good times and the bad as a Poyatos child, also expressed his feelings, saying, "What Dani has given to Gamba up until now has been huge for both the players and the team."

The key to victory in the match against Tokyo Verdy, where they must win at all costs, is clear. Tokyo Verdy is currently in 15th place, but their total of 22 goals is the worst in the league. However, despite a narrow 0-1 loss to leaders Kashima in the previous match, they created many scoring opportunities and played a nearly evenly matched game. In the previous match, Tokyo Verdy, whose entire team, including their substitutes, is made up of Japanese players, has a strong defense supported by the hard work of all their players, and for Gamba, the key will be to break down their three-back formation. "When we played them away, they were pressed from the front and we struggled in the first half. First, we need to avoid the press, and if we can make moves behind the defense like we did in the Kobe match, we can break down the opponent's defensive organization," says Mitsuda.

Gamba was upset by an offside call in the match against Fukuoka, but the word "higo" (behind) is one of the keywords that Head Coach Poyatos has always asked his players to use. While the ideal situation would be to break down the defense by moving the ball, Gamba will want to fully utilize their strengths, such as the mobility of Yamashita, Mitsuda, and Abe, to get closer to the goal. Humet is suspended, but they are ready to attack.

Tokyo Verdy, meanwhile, has already secured their place in the league for the second consecutive year, but they have been winless in their last three games, with one draw and two losses, so they will likely head to Panasonic Stadium Suita hoping to end the season with a win.
"If Morita keeps touching the ball, he becomes a nuisance player and it also gives the opponents a rhythm, so we want to eliminate that," said Nakatani. It will be essential to shut down Morita, a key player on both offense and defense, but Nakatani added, "Someno, who is up front, is good at running behind the defense and is also good at getting in for crosses, so we need to be careful about that." Someno, who has four goals and four assists, will also be one point that needs to be shut down. Furthermore, they will need to be wary of the individual shots of former Gamba player Kawasaki and Gamba Academy graduate MESHINO, who took to the pitch in the second half in the match against Kashima.

If 33,492 spectators attend this match, it will be the first time in Gamba's history that they will achieve an average attendance of 30,000 per match. The Gamba Clap after the victory will also convey their feelings to the manager who will be leaving the team at the end of this season, and the players on the pitch and the supporters who are putting pressure on the team with their cheers will unite to seize victory.