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JDT edge Ulsan Hyundai for second AFC Champions League group match win

Southern Tigers will next face J1 League champions Kawasaki Frontale after overcoming K League 1 leaders in second straight Group I victory

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 19 Apr 2022 4:00PM

JDT edge Ulsan Hyundai for second AFC Champions League group match win
The Southern Tigers began yesterday’s game against Ulsan Hyundai FC aggressively with a powerful drive from Johor Darul Ta’zim’s Fernando Forestieri (pictured above right) from outside the box, which sailed past Ulsan goalkeeper Jo Hyeonwoo, just three minutes into their second 2022 AFC Asian Champions League Group I match. – the-afc.com pic, April 19, 2022

ISKANDAR PUTERI − Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) proved their mettle by scoring a goal in each half to beat Ulsan Hyundai FC 2-1 for their second Group I win of the 2022 AFC Asian Champions League (ACL) at the Sultan Ibrahim Stadium here last night.

The Southern Tigers began aggressively to stun Hong Myung-Bo’s team after just three minutes with Fernando Forestieri beating Ulsan goalkeeper Jo Hyeonwoo with a powerful drive from outside the box.

The visitors − forced to play to JDT’s rhythm − failed to trouble the JDT defence.

In the second half, Myung-Bo made some tactical changes by replacing midfielder Yun Illok and defender Lee Myung-Jae in the 46th minute and it paid dividends when the substitutes − Um Wonsang and Seol Youngwoo − combined to equalise six minutes later when Wongsang slotted home a pass from Youngwoo. 

Bergson Da Silva, who notched a hattrick in the previous match, then turned hero again for JDT when he scored the winning goal after receiving a pass from substitute Safawi Rasid in the 79th minute.

With their second win, JDT now lead Group I with six points followed by Kawasaki Frontale with four points after the Japanese club thrashed China’s Guangzhou FC 8-0 in another match at the Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium here earlier yesterday.

Kawasaki Frontale got their goals through Kei Chinen (seventh, 12th minutes), Shintaro Kurumaya (16th, 71st minutes), Yu Kobayashi (22nd, 39th minutes), Ten Miyagi (50th minute) and Chanathip Songkrasin (68th minute).

The Group I teams will next be in action on Thursday (April 21) with Ulsan Hyundai facing Ghuangzou FC at Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium and JDT taking on Kawasaki Frontale at the Sultan Ibrahim Stadium. – Bernama, April 19, 2022

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