Gamba Osaka travelled to Urawa Reds looking to return to winning ways and keep their J-League survival hopes alive. The 2005 champions, who hadn't won in the league in September, have endured a difficult campaign and were expected to struggle again as they visited high-flying Urawa.However, they began the match on the front foot - Hiroyuki Abe giving Osaka the lead inside the opening 20 minutes. They doubled their advantage shortly after, with the Brazilian Leandro heading in Hiroki Fujiharu's deep cross.Leandro put his side firmly in the driving seat with a neat, flicked finish on the hour mark for his second and Osaka's third. Another Brazilian then got in on the act - Paulinho finishing off two well-worked moves late on to complete the 5-0 rout.The win sees Osaka move to within just two points of Omiya Ardija as they bid to pull clear of the relegation zone. While Urawa are now five points adrift of leaders Sanfrecce Hiroshima in third with eight games of the season remaining.Bookmark: http://www.youtube.com/goal Subscribe - http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=goal Twitter - http://twitter.com/YouTubeGoal FacebookGoal UK: http://www.facebook.com/GoalUKGoal International: http://www.facebook.com/goal
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Gamba Osaka travelled to Urawa Reds looking to return to winning ways and keep their J-League survival hopes alive. The 2005 champions, who hadn't won in the league in September, have endured a difficult campaign and were expected to struggle again as they visited high-flying Urawa.However, they began the match on the front foot - Hiroyuki Abe giving Osaka the lead inside the opening 20 minutes. They doubled their advantage shortly after, with the Brazilian Leandro heading in Hiroki Fujiharu's deep cross.Leandro put his side firmly in the driving seat with a neat, flicked finish on the hour mark for his second and Osaka's third. Another Brazilian then got in on the act - Paulinho finishing off two well-worked moves late on to complete the 5-0 rout.The win sees Osaka move to within just two points of Omiya Ardija as they bid to pull clear of the relegation zone. While Urawa are now five points adrift of leaders Sanfrecce Hiroshima in third with eight games of the season remaining.Bookmark: http://www.youtube.com/goal Subscribe - http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=goal Twitter - http://twitter.com/YouTubeGoal FacebookGoal UK: http://www.facebook.com/GoalUKGoal International: http://www.facebook.com/goal
