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Thrilling Draw Between Nagoya Grampus and Kyoto Sanga in Toyota
Toyota, Japan – In a hard-fought match at the Toyota Stadium, Nagoya Grampus and Kyoto Sanga drew in a game full of twists and turns. The match, valid for the 25th round of the J1 League, left spectators on the edge of their seats.
Nagoya Grampus took the lead in the 61st minute with a goal by K. Junker, after a previous goal was disallowed for offside in the 36th minute. However, Kyoto Sanga showed their resilience and equalized in the 70th minute with a goal by Rafael Elias. The visiting team managed to turn the score around in the 81st minute with a goal by S. Fukuda.
The match was marked by intensity and physical play, reflected in the yellow cards shown to Y. Yamagishi and T. Morishima for Nagoya Grampus, and to T. Hirato and S. Fukuoka for Kyoto Sanga. Nagoya Grampus had 41% of ball possession and took 11 shots, 2 of which were on target, while Kyoto Sanga dominated possession with 59% and took 8 shots, 5 of them on target. Referee Takuto Okabe had a busy day, calling 11 fouls for Nagoya Grampus and 19 for Kyoto Sanga. Both teams had 6 corner kicks.
Substitutions kyoto sanga: at minute 53 S. Takeda came in and Leo Gomes went out., at minute 66 T. Hirato came in and R. Nakano went out., at minute 66 H. Sugai came in and K. Sato went out., at minute 90 Rafael Elias came in and S. Nagasawa went out., at minute 90 S. Fukuoka came in and T. Matsuda went out.
Substitutions nagoya grampus: at minute 73 T. Morishima came in and K. Shiihashi went out., at minute 73 Y. Yamagishi came in and K. Nagai went out., at minute 74 K. Junker came in and Y. Kimura went out., at minute 81 S. Mori came in and Y. Nogami went out., at minute 83 K. Nakayama came in and R. Yamanaka went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Nagoya Grampus
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