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Nagoya Grampus Defeats Shonan Bellmare in Incident-Packed Match
Toyota, Japan – Nagoya Grampus defeated Shonan Bellmare at Toyota Stadium in a J1 League match marked by controversy and intensity. Despite having only 37% of the ball possession, Grampus demonstrated remarkable effectiveness in front of goal.
The match began dramatically with a goal by K. Nagai disallowed by VAR in the 9th minute. However, the frustration was short-lived, as S. Inagaki opened the scoring in the 19th minute. K. Nagai redeemed himself with a goal in the 31st minute, and Y. Yamagishi extended the lead just before halftime, making it 3 to 0.
The second half brought a flurry of changes from Shonan Bellmare, seeking to reverse the situation. K. Okuno received a yellow card shortly after the restart. The situation became complicated for Nagoya Grampus when Y. Yamagishi received a red card in the 56th minute, leaving his team with 10 players. Despite this, Shonan Bellmare only managed to score one goal, by A. Suzuki in the 78th minute. H. Okuno also received a yellow card towards the end of the match.
Shonan Bellmare dominated possession (63%) and had more shots (20 total, 4 on target) than Nagoya Grampus (13 total, 6 on target), but Nagoya Grampus’s ruthlessness in the first half was decisive in securing the victory. The match concluded with a score of 3 to 1 in favor of Nagoya Grampus.
Substitutions shonan bellmare: at minute 46 M. Ikeda came in and T. Hiraoka went out., at minute 46 Ze Ricardo came in and K. Okuno went out., at minute 46 S. Ota came in and R. Nitta went out., at minute 46 T. Fujii came in and Y. Suzuki went out., at minute 62 K. Onose came in and Luiz Phellype went out.
Substitutions nagoya grampus: at minute 62 R. Izumi came in and Y. Nogami went out., at minute 72 K. Nagai came in and Y. Kimura went out., at minute 72 Y. Asano came in and G. Kato went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Nagoya Grampus
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