Gamba Osaka defeated Kochi United in a close win on Thursday, 1-2, in a match relating of the J. League Cup. Both Yutaka Akita's team and Daniel Poyatos's team held their first game in the competition.
The first goal was scored by Takashi Usami with 13 minutes on the clock. Shortly before the interval, Shoji Toyama struck the second goal for Gamba Osaka.
Kokoro Kobayashi netted the last goal after 77 minutes.
With this result, Gamba Osaka are into the next round of the competition.
See the match events in the coverage by soccerzz.com.
