ASIAROOS WRAP: Socceroo Josh Kennedy scored yet again for Nagoya Grampus as they came from three goals behind to draw 3-3 with Jubilo Iwata in the J.League.Jubilo had raced to a three-goal lead just after the break courtesy of a Ryoichi Maeda hat-trick, before Nagoya, playing in front of their home fans, fought back.
Early in the match, Kennedy had been played in behind the Jubilo defence but the Australian failed to score in a one-on-one situation with opposing keeper Naoki Hatta saving.
Then Maeda went onto run riot with strikes in the 31st, 39th and 48th minutes to give Jubilo a good advantage before Grampus responded.
Shohei Abe's 60th minute left-wing cross was headed into the Nagoya net by Jubilo defender Kentaro Ohi with Kennedy lurking to give the hosts hope.
That was before Kennedy launched a typically powerful header on 74 minutes which Hatta couldn't keep out.
And five minutes later Nagoya won a penalty which Keiji Tamada stepped up to convert to level the match at 3-3 which is the way it would end.
The result leaves Kennedy's Nagoya with just one point from their last three J.League encounters seeing them sit ninth on the table and realistically out of contention to qualify for the AFC Champions League.
In Korea's K-League, Jade North's Incheon United slipped out of the top six playoffs spots with one regular season game to go following a 1-0 loss to FC Seoul. North was an unused sub in the clash.
Elsewhere, Sasa Ognenovski's Seongnam Ilhwa failed to cement their playoffs spot after a 4-1 loss at in-form Gyeongnam FC. Ognenovski played a full game in the match which leaves Seongnam sitting 4th.
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Early in the match, Kennedy had been played in behind the Jubilo defence but the Australian failed to score in a one-on-one situation with opposing keeper Naoki Hatta saving.
Then Maeda went onto run riot with strikes in the 31st, 39th and 48th minutes to give Jubilo a good advantage before Grampus responded.
Shohei Abe's 60th minute left-wing cross was headed into the Nagoya net by Jubilo defender Kentaro Ohi with Kennedy lurking to give the hosts hope.
That was before Kennedy launched a typically powerful header on 74 minutes which Hatta couldn't keep out.
And five minutes later Nagoya won a penalty which Keiji Tamada stepped up to convert to level the match at 3-3 which is the way it would end.
The result leaves Kennedy's Nagoya with just one point from their last three J.League encounters seeing them sit ninth on the table and realistically out of contention to qualify for the AFC Champions League.
In Korea's K-League, Jade North's Incheon United slipped out of the top six playoffs spots with one regular season game to go following a 1-0 loss to FC Seoul. North was an unused sub in the clash.
Elsewhere, Sasa Ognenovski's Seongnam Ilhwa failed to cement their playoffs spot after a 4-1 loss at in-form Gyeongnam FC. Ognenovski played a full game in the match which leaves Seongnam sitting 4th.
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