Urawa Reds will have revenge on their minds when they resume their bitter rivalry with treble winners Gamba Osaka on Saturday in the Fuji Xerox Super Cup, the curtain raiser for the new J. League season.

Urawa spurned the chance to win the J. League title with a devastating defeat to Gamba last November, going down 2-0 at home in Saitama against Kenta Hasegawa's men, who went on to secure the championship in a remarkable first season back in the top flight.

"There was a fantastic atmosphere at the stadium on that day and we were playing a great team in Gamba. We wanted to win and celebrate and it was a real shame that we couldn't do that," Reds captain Yuki Abe told reporters at Nissan Stadium on Friday.