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Match 7 Yokohama - International Stadium Yokohama
Clear
21 December
Pachuca
0:1
Gamba Osaka
0:1 (0:1)
  • Masato YAMAZAKI (29')

Referee Pablo POZO (CHI)

Summary

Slender win gives Gamba third

Slender win gives Gamba third

 A 29th minute goal from Masato Yamaguchi gave Gamba Osaka third place at the FIFA Club World Cup at the expense of CONCACAF champions Pachuca. Rather than the match for third place being a game that both sides wanted to win, the early stages set the tone for a match which neither team wanted to lose. Backed by supporters who did not stop singing throughout the entire 90 minutes, Gamba ...

Highlights

Line-up

MEX
JPN
Substitute(s)
Coaches
Enrique MEZA (MEX)
(JPN) Akira NISHINO
Officials
  • Referee: Pablo POZO (CHI)
  • Assistant Referee 1: Julio DIAZ (CHI)
  • Assistant Referee 2: Patricio BASUALTO (CHI)
  • Fourth official: Peter O LEARY (NZL)
  • Absent
  • Injured

Photos

  • Japan's football club Gamba Osaka forward Masato Yamazaki (R) fights for the ball against Mexico's P
  • Players and staff members of Japan's Gamba Osaka celebrate their victory against Mexico's Pachuca af
  • Gamba Osaka's Tomokazu Myojin fights for the ball with Pachuca's Luis Montes
  • Players of Gamba Osaka celebrate winning against Pachuca
  • Pachuca's Miguel Calero shows his dejection
  • Pachuca's Christian Gimenez shows his dejection
  • Gamba Osaka's Satoshi Yamaguchi fights for the ball with Pachuca's Miguel Calero
  • Gamba Osaka's Satoshi Yamaguchi fights for the ball with Pachuca's Christian Correa
  • Gamba Osaka's Masato Yamazaki fights for the ball with Pachuca's Marco Perez

Quotes

"I'm happy my team managed to play some attacking football and that my players weren't afraid. They were very downhearted after the defeat against Manchester United, but we still gave it our best against Pachuca," Akira Nishino, Gamba Osaka coach 

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STATISTICS
PachucaStatisticsGamba Osaka
13Shots16
7Corner kicks3
3Yellow cards2
0Second yellow card and red card0
0Red Cards1
65%Possession (%)35%