Naoshi Makes Winning Return to Starting Lineup

Having missed the opening game through injury, the bustling Nakamura helped inspire a comfortable 2-0 win over local rivals Jubilo. While I do not think using him as a defensive midfielder is the best use of his talents, he can be quite effective; but is a bit inclined to pick-up needless yellow cards in his enthusiasm. Today was one of his better days. The results leaves us nicely positioned in 5th place, one point behind league leaders S-Pulse.



Meanwhile Igor Burzanovic, who has looked less than impressive so far this season, got us off to a brilliant start, firing in from inside his own half after only a few seconds. It then took as another 87 minutes to make the game safe, but eventually ran out comfortable winners despite a less than fluid performance. A team still seeking its rhythm after the infusion of new players, is looking good after three games.

Grampus		2		0	Jubilo
Starters				Starters
P.	No.	Name		Name	No.	P.
GK	1	Seigo Narazaki		Naoki Yatta	21	GK
DF	32	Hayuma Tanaka		Yuichi Komano	5	DF
DF	4	Tulio		Keiichi Kaga	2	DF
DF	5	Takahiro Masukawa		Lee Gang Jin	13	DF
DF	38	Alex Santos		Park Joo Ho	14	DF
MF	7	Naoshi Nakamura		Daisuke Nasu	6	MF
MF	10	Yoshizumi Ogawa		Sho Naruoka	10	MF
MF	9	Igor Burzanovic		Norihiro Nishi	11	MF
FW	25	Mu Kanazaki		Takuya Matsuura	24	FW
FW	11	Keiji Tamada		Ryoichi Maeda	18	FW
FW	16	Josh Kennedy		Lee Keun Ho	33	FW
Subs Bench				Subs Bench
GK	21	Koji Nishimura		Akihiko Takeshige	31	GK
DF	3	Mitsuru Chiyotanda		Jo Kanazawa	16	DF
DF	6	Shohei Abe		Shuto Yamamoto	20	DF
MF	8	Magnum		Yusuke Yamamoto	23	MF
MF	14	Keiji Yoshimura		Kota Ueda	27	MF
FW	17	Yuki Maki		Keisuke Funatani	28	MF
FW	19	Keita Sugimoto		Tomoyuki Arata	19	Fw

Burzanovic 1' (A 55 meter effort from Josh's lay off.) Kennedy 88'	Scorers
Grampus	Timeline	Jubilo
Burzanovic 1'	GOAL
Burzanovic 54'	Card
	Substitution	Nishi > Arata 62'
	Substitution	Naruoka > Yamamoto 69'
Tamada 73'	Card
Burzanovic > Yoshimura 74'	Substitution
Nakamura > Magnum 80'	Substitution
Tamada > Chiyotanda 87'	Substitution
Kennedy 88'	GOAL