Predictable Nagoya Crash Again

Nagoya Grampus 1-4 Kashima Antlers

The home team crashed to its fourth loss in a row to a likely title contender. Clearly, our simple tactics are posing no problem for the better teams, and manager Stojkovic will have to come up with some new ideas if the team is to finish above them.

Despite dominating possession 61% to 29%, we went in at half time trailing 0-1 and had seen Alex forced to retire after only 17 minutes in. Although Josh bagged his eighth goal of the season at the start of the second, with a left foot strike from 10 yards, Koroki restored the visitors lead almost immediately. Marguinhos and Motoyama then added to the misery, with goals against the run of play as we chased the game.

Grampus		1		4	Antlers
Starters				Starters
P.	No.	Name		Name	No.	P.
GK	1	Seigo Narazaki		Hitoshi Sogahata	21	GK
DF	32	Hayuma Tanaka		Toru Araiba	7	DF
DF	4	Tulio		Daiki Iwamasa	3	DF
DF	5	Takahiro Masukawa		Lee Jung Soo	14	DF
DF	6	Shohei Abe		Gilton	5	DF
MF	7	Naoshi Nakamura		Koji Nakata	6	MF
MF	38	Alex Santos		Mitsuo Ogasawara	40	MF
MF	9	Igor Burzanovic		Takuya Nozawa	8	MF
FW	25	Mu Kanazaki		Fellype Gabriel	11	MF
FW	16	Josh Kennedy		Shinzo Koroki	13	FW
FW	10	Yoshizumi Ogawa		Marquinhos	18	FW
Subs Bench				Subs Bench
GK	21	Koji Nishimura		Tetsu Sugiyama	1	GK
DF	2	Akira Takeuchi		Atsuto Uchida	2	DF
DF	3	Mitsuru Chiyotanda		Masahiro Inoha	19	DF
MF	14	Keiji Yoshimura		Masashi Motoyama	10	MF
MF	20	Danilson		Takeshi Aoki	15	MF
FW	17	Yuki Maki		Yasushi Endo	25	MF
FW	19	Keita Sugimoto		Yuya Osako	9	FW

Kennedy 7'	Scorers	Nozawa 49', Koroki 53, Marquinhos 69', Motoyama 90+1'
Grampus	Timeline	Antlers
Kennedy 9'	Card
	Card	Gabriel 13'
Santos > Yoshimura 17'	Substitution
	Goal	Nozawa 44'
Nakamura 45+1'	Card
Burzanovic > Sugimoto HT'	Substitution
Kennedy 46'	GOAL
	Goal	Koroki 53'
	Substitution	Fellype Gabriel > Motoyama 67'
	Goal	Marquinhos 69'
Ogawa > Maki 72'	Substitution
	Substitution	Araiba > Inoha 80'
	Substitution	Nozawa > Aoki 87'
Tulio 87'	Card
	Goal	Motoyama 90+1'