File photo of the Gamba Osaka players. | Photo: X/GAMBA_OFFICIAL
Welcome to the highlights of our coverage of the first leg of the AFC Champions League Two 2025-26, Round of 16 between Pohang Steelers and Gamba Osaka at the Pohang Steel Yard, South Korea, on Thursday, February 12, 2026. The match ended level at 1-1 after Jorge Luiz (70th minute) neutralized Ryoya Yamashita’s 47th-minute opener. The second leg, to be played on February 19 at the Suita City Stadium, thus becomes a winner-takes-all one. Catch the key updates from the Pohang Steelers vs Gamba Osaka football match, as it happened.
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12 Feb 2026, 01:40:36 pm IST
Pohang Steelers vs Gamba Osaka LIVE Score, AFC Champions League Two 2025-26: Welcome!
Good afternoon, football fans! This is the start of our live blog covering the match between Pohang Steelers and Gamba Osaka. Stay tuned for pre-match updates and line-ups as they are released.
12 Feb 2026, 01:59:14 pm IST
Pohang Steelers vs Gamba Osaka LIVE Score, AFC Champions League Two 2025-26: Match Details
Fixture: Pohang Steelers vs Gamba Osaka, Ro16 first leg
Series: AFC Champions League Two 2025-26
Venue: Pohang Steel Yard, South Korea
Date: Thursday, February 12, 2026
Time: 3:30 PM IST
Live Streaming: FanCode
12 Feb 2026, 02:42:23 pm IST
Pohang Steelers vs Gamba Osaka LIVE Score, AFC Champions League Two 2025-26: Pohang Steelers Playing XI
Starting XI: In-jae Hwang; Min-jun Hang, Min-Kwang Jeon (c), Chan-yong Park; Juninho Rocha, Sung-Yeung Ki, Jeong-won Eo, Kento Nishiya; Hwan Seo-woong, Lee Ho-jae, Jorge Teixeira.
Bench: Sung-min Hong (gk), Hyeon-seo Han, Ye-Sung Kim, Jin Si-Woo, Yong-hak Kim, Jae-Hwan Hwang, Dong-jin Kim, Chang-woo Lee, An Jae-jun, In-sung Kim, Jakob Tranziska, Sang-hyeok Cho.
12 Feb 2026, 02:42:23 pm IST
Pohang Steelers vs Gamba Osaka LIVE Score, AFC Champions League Two 2025-26: Gamba Osaka Playing XI
Starting XI: Masaaki Higashiguchi; Riku Handa, Shinnosuke Nakatani (c), Shogo Sasaki, Ryo Hatsuse; Shuto Abe, Tokuma Suzuki; Ryoya Yamashita, Issam Jebali, Ryotaro Meshino; Deniz Hummet.
Bench: Aolin Zhang (gk), Rui Araki (gk), Takeru Kishimoto, Genta Miura, Jiro Nakamura, Rin Mito, Shu Kurata, Harumi Minamino, Gaku Nawata, Shoji Toyama.
12 Feb 2026, 03:20:14 pm IST
Pohang Steelers vs Gamba Osaka LIVE Score, AFC Champions League Two: Road To Knockouts
Gamba Osaka had a perfect Group F campaign of six straight wins, while Pohang Steelers progressed as the Group H runners-up, with one loss and a draw as well. The Japanese side thus starts as favourite tonight, on paper.
12 Feb 2026, 03:32:41 pm IST
Pohang Steelers Vs Gamba Osaka LIVE Score, AFC Champions League Two: Kick-Off!
The match gets underway at the Pohang Steel Yard. The hosts kicking from left to right and Gamba Osaka the other way in the first half. The Japanese side create an early chance but Pohang are able to ward off the threat.
12 Feb 2026, 03:48:00 pm IST
Pohang Steelers Vs Gamba Osaka LIVE Score, AFC Champions League Two: POH 0-0 GAM
After withstanding a sustained period of pressing by Pohang, Gamba are now starting to come into the game a bit more. The Japanese team is circulating the ball around the flanks and trying to find an opening, but there is none as yet.
12 Feb 2026, 04:10:23 pm IST
Pohang Steelers Vs Gamba Osaka LIVE Score, AFC Champions League Two: Later Today…
The next game today in AFC Champions League Two pits Bangkok United against Macarthur FC at the Pathum Thani Stadium in Thailand at 5:45pm IST. The hosts face a stern challenge in the form of Macarthur, with the Australian club topping Group E by a big margin. Bangkok United, on the other hand, endured a tougher Group G campaign, advancing as the runners-up narrowly.
12 Feb 2026, 04:19:03 pm IST
Pohang Steelers Vs Gamba Osaka LIVE Score, AFC Champions League Two: Half-Time Update
The first half ends goalless. After an eventful start to the game with chances for both sides, play meandered a bit later on. Let’s see if the second half plays out any differently.
12 Feb 2026, 04:34:24 pm IST
Pohang Steelers Vs Gamba Osaka LIVE Score, AFC Champions League Two: POH 0-0 GAM
The players are back from the mid-game interval and the second half gets underway. The Steel Warriors now kicking from right to left and Gamba Osaka in the opposite direction.
12 Feb 2026, 04:37:37 pm IST
Pohang Steelers Vs Gamba Osaka LIVE Score, AFC Champions League Two: POH 0-1 GAM
Gamba Osaka strike in the 47th minute! The Japanese club wastes no time in gaining ascendance after the second half kicks off, as Ryoya Yamashita unleashes a superb curling right-footed shot that swerves past Pohang defenders to thud into the back of the net.
12 Feb 2026, 05:02:15 pm IST
Pohang Steelers Vs Gamba Osaka LIVE Score, AFC Champions League Two: POH 1-1 GAM
Pohang have found their equaliser in the 70th minute! And it’s an even more stunning strike than the opener by Yamashita for Gamba Osaka. Jorge Teixeira it is, with a pearler that nestles into the top right corner. No chance for the visiting goalie there.
12 Feb 2026, 05:15:00 pm IST
Pohang Steelers Vs Gamba Osaka LIVE Score, AFC Champions League Two: POH 1-1 GAM
Just three minutes remain before the regulation 90 minutes end, plus whatever stoppage time is added by the officials. Can either team edge ahead in the two-leg encounter with a late goal?
12 Feb 2026, 05:28:20 pm IST
Pohang Steelers Vs Gamba Osaka LIVE Score, AFC Champions League Two: Full-Time Update
After six minutes of added time, the referee blows the final whistle to bring the first leg of this round of 16 encounter to an end. It’s all squared up at 1-1, and the second leg, to be played on February 19 at the Suita City Stadium, thus becomes a winner-takes-all one.
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