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The substitute pounced from close range at the end of a pulsating second half to frustrate the J1 League outfit, who had looked set to take all three points when Kohshiro Sumi struck with 11 minutes remaining.
Sumi scored after the visitors were twice pegged back by Pohang with Ryotaro Meshino’s 34th minute opener cancelled out by Wanderson in the 55th minute while Eli Adams’ 69th minute free-kick was followed by Jorge Teixeira’s finish eight minutes later.
The result moves Gamba onto eight points from their four matches while Pohang avoided defeat in the competition for the first time.
Sumi scored after the visitors were twice pegged back by Pohang with Ryotaro Meshino’s 34th minute opener cancelled out by Wanderson in the 55th minute while Eli Adams’ 69th minute free-kick was followed by Jorge Teixeira’s finish eight minutes later.
The result moves Gamba onto eight points from their four matches while Pohang avoided defeat in the competition for the first time.
Gamba had been in the ascendancy in the opening exchanges with Adams going close with a curling effort in the 11th minute as the visitors dictated the tempo before without finding a way beyond the home defence.
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Their dominance paid off in the 34th minute when Meshino put his side in front.
Shu Kurata’s ball down the right found Soya Fujiwara and his first time centre from the bye-line found Meshino, whose downward header into the bottom corner gave Gamba a deserved lead.
Shu Kurata’s ball down the right found Soya Fujiwara and his first time centre from the bye-line found Meshino, whose downward header into the bottom corner gave Gamba a deserved lead.
MD4: FC Pohang Steelers (KOR) v Gamba Osaka (JPN)
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Pohang gathered themselves at the interval and came out with greater purpose at the start of the second half.
Three minutes after the restart Kim Ye-sung’s cross from the right was headed goalward by Jakob Tranziska but the forward’s attempt was comfortably gathered by Ichimori as it bounced back up off the turf at chest height.
Three minutes after the restart Kim Ye-sung’s cross from the right was headed goalward by Jakob Tranziska but the forward’s attempt was comfortably gathered by Ichimori as it bounced back up off the turf at chest height.
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Jin Si-woo should have done better than lash his strike high over the bar after Jeon Min-gwang’s headed knockdown six minutes later but by the 55th minute the K League 1 outfit had equalised.
Kim Dong-jin sprinted down the left flank to deliver a perfect centre towards the edge of the six yard box, where Wanderson arrived to head into the top corner, giving Ichimori little chance.
Kim Dong-jin sprinted down the left flank to deliver a perfect centre towards the edge of the six yard box, where Wanderson arrived to head into the top corner, giving Ichimori little chance.
Tranziska’s rising left-foot shot was pushed over the bar by Ichimori as Pohang’s resurgence continued until Adams put his side back in front in the 69th minute.
The Australian stepped up to hit a curling left-foot free kick from 25 yards out that left Hwang In-jae scrambling in vain across his goal-line with the shot clipping the inside of the goalkeeper’s right post.
The Australian stepped up to hit a curling left-foot free kick from 25 yards out that left Hwang In-jae scrambling in vain across his goal-line with the shot clipping the inside of the goalkeeper’s right post.
Gamba’s advantage would only last eight minutes when Teixeira guided Kim Dong-jin’s through ball from the left beyond Ichimori only for the J1 League outfit to reclaim the lead two minutes later as the momentum seesawed between the teams.
Ryoya Yamashita picked up possession on the edge of the Pohang area and rolled the ball into the path of Sumi, whose low strike should have been dealt with by Hwang In-jae. The goalkeeper’s attempt to shovel the shot clear was ineffective and Gamba were in front.
But a minute from time Gwang-won pounced to beat Ichimori and earn his side a deserved point.
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