Seiichiro Maki bounced back from the heartache of seeing his goal disallowed in the last minute of normal time to fire in the winning spot-kick as JEF United Chiba beat Gamba Osaka after a penalty shootout to win the J. League Nabisco Cup on Saturday afternoon.
Jef United Chiba midfielder Yuki Abe (left) battles Gamba Osaka defender Tsuneyasu Miyamoto for the ball during the Nabisco Cup final Saturday at National Stadium. JEF United won 5-4 on penalties.
JEF struck a perfect five penalties in front of the Chiba faithful at Tokyo's National Stadium to punish Yasuhito Endo -- who missed Gamba's first penalty -- and trigger delirious celebrations.
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