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Thursday, May 5, 2011

ACL: Nagoya, Seoul into Asian Champions League last 16

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Group A:
Al Gharafa (QAT) 5 Al Jazira (UAE) 2
Foolad Mobarekeh Sepahan (IRI) 1 Al Hilal (KSA) 1

Group B:
Al Nassr (KSA) 4 Pakhtakor (UZB) 0

Group E:
Melbourne Victory (AUS) 1 Gamba Osaka (JPN) 1
Tianjin Teda (CHN) 3 Jeju Utd (KOR) 0

Group F:
Nagoya Grampus (JPN) 1 Hangzhou Greentown (CHN) 0
FC Seoul (KOR) 3 Al Ain (UAE) 0

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An early opener from Go Yo-Han set the stage for Seoul's easy home win. Dejan Damjanovic doubled the lead shortly before the break with a powerful header and extinguished Al Ain's hopes with just over a quarter of an hour remaining.

In their match earlier, Nagoya had a goal ruled out for offside and also hit the post but their efforts finally paid off in the second half when forward Hikaru Kuba was pulled down by Hangzhou goalkeeper Jiang Bo for a penalty.

Jiang received a yellow card and Jungo Fujimoto scored from the spot after 77 minutes.

Melbourne went ahead early through an Adrian Leijer header but Sota Nakazawa levelled before half-time.

Gamba Osaka manager Akira Nishino admitted his players had been surprised by the intensity of Melbourne's approach after the Australian side lost the reverse fixture 5-1.

Al Gharafa, for whom Younus Mahmood scored a hat-trick, will have to produce a mighty performance in their final match, however, as they travel to Saudi Arabia to play Al Hilal.

In Group B, Saudi side Al Nassr inflicted a 4-0 defeat on Uzbek outfit Pakhtakor to leave them needing a draw away at Iranian side Esteghlal to progress to the last 16.

The defeat ended Pakhtakor's hopes of reaching the knockout stages.


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