After starting his campaign in the AFC Champions League Group Nine with a serious defeat to Malaysian hosts Jowhar Dar Al Tazeem by five points, China’s Guangzhou, champions of 2013 and 2015, suffered a heavier defeat yesterday Monday. round eight is clean, in the hands of Kawasaki Frontale from Japan.
Kawasaki Frontale won the match, hosted in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, where the group’s competition was held, in his first half, finishing with five clean sheets, including a brace from Kei Chinen (7 and 12) and Yu Kobayashi (21). and 39), while Shintaro Kuromaya added another goal (16).
Ten Miyagi (50), Thailand’s Chanathip Songkrasirn (69) and Shintaro Kuromaya (71) ended the Japanese team’s scoring tournament, which started its campaign with a 1-1 draw against South Korean team Ulsan Hyundai.
Jawhar Dar Al-Tazim continued his good start with a second victory which came at the expense of Ulsan Hyundai 2-1.
