Nagoya Grampus slipped further into relegation trouble after a 0-0 draw with Yokohama F. Marinos on Saturday that extended the 2010 J. League champions' winless streak to 14 games.
Grampus — one of only three teams, along with Marinos and Kashima Antlers, to have played every season in the first division since the J. League was formed in 1993 — went into the match second-bottom in the overall table and dead last in the second-stage standings with only one point from five games.
And Takafumi Ogura's side's luck never looked like changing on a stiflingly humid night at Nissan Stadium, as Marinos dominated from start to finish but failed to land the killer blow that would have heaped even more pressure on Nagoya's increasingly beleaguered manager.
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