2008 Suruga Bank Championship

2008 Suruga Bank Championship
Gamba Osaka Arsenal
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Date July 30, 2008
Venue Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Referee Liang Zhao (China)
Attendance 19,278
Weather Fine; 31.0°C
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The 2008 Suruga Bank Championship is the inaugural match between the winners of the previous season's J. League Cup and the Copa Sudamericana. It was contested by the 2007 J. League Cup winner Japanese club Gamba Osaka and the 2007 Copa Sudamericana champion Argentine club Arsenal.

The match was won by Arsenal after a late second-half header by Carlos Casteglione off a corner kick by Javier Yacuzzi.

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Summary

July 30, 2008
19:00 (UTC+9)
 Gamba Osaka 0–1 Arsenal Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 19,728
Referee: Liang Zhao (China)
Report Casteglione  87'
Gamba Osaka
Arsenal
GAMBA OSAKA:
GK 22 Yosuke Fujigaya
DF 2 Sota Nakazawa 87'
DF 5 Satoshi Yamaguchi (c) 90+7'
DF 19 Takumi Shimohira 88'
DF 21 Akira Kaji 63'
MF 10 Takahiro Futagawa
MF 16 Hayato Sasaki 84'
MF 17 Tomokazu Myojin 90+4'
MF 27 Hideo Hashimoto
FW 9 Lucas
FW 30 Masato Yamazaki 67'
Substitutes:
GK 25 Naoki Matsuyo
DF 9 Mineiro 88'
DF 5 Yohei Fukumoto 63'
MF 14 Shu Kurata 87' 67'
MF 11 Takuya Takei 84'
FW 15 Shoki Hirai 90+4'
FW 22 Hideya Okamoto 90+7'
Manager:
Akira Nishino
ARSENAL:
GK 1 Mario Cuenca
DF 18 Christian Díaz  90+5'
DF 4 Darío Espínola 81'
DF 6 Aníbal Matellán
DF 19 Josimar Mosquera
MF 16 Sebastián Carrera 71'
MF 13 Carlos Casteglione (c)
MF 5 Cristian Pellerano 89' 90+4'
MF 8 Javier Yacuzzi
FW 10 Alejandro Gómez 90+2'
FW 11 Facundo Sava 19' 76'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Catriel Orcellet
DF 3 Carlos Báez
DF 2 Mariano Brau
DF 14 Javier Gandolfi 81'
DF 20 Damián Pérez
MF 15 Nahuel Sachetto 90+2'
MF 7 Andrés San Martín 90+4'
FW 17 Facundo Coria 76'
FW 9 Luciano Leguizamón 71'
Manager:
Daniel Garnero

Assistant referees:
Weiming Huo
Dongnan Li
Fourth official:
Hajim Matsuo

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