BANGKOK:
Anderson Lopes’ first part header earned Yokohama F Marinos a 1-0 first leg govern over Shanghai Port within the Asian Champions League Elite on Tuesday life Buriram United shared a 0-0 draw with guests Johor Darul Ta’zim in Thailand.
Steve Holland’s Marinos aspect will whisk a narrow benefit into the second one leg in Yokohama upcoming Tuesday in spite of dominating for immense parts of the sport.
Shanghai Port goalkeeper Yan Junling saved his staff within the come across, denying Lopes as early because the tenth modest.
However the Brazilian, now the match’s joint-leading scorer with seven targets, made disagree mistake within the thirtieth modest when he nodded in from near dimension then Daiya Tono clipped the ball in opposition to his unmarked teammate.
Yan made two high-quality saves within the ultimate 5 mins to prohibit Marinos from extending their govern, the primary to disclaim Yan Matheus ahead of irritating Lopes once more with a clever save low to his left.
House striker Suphanat Mueanta went closest to breaking the impasse within the sixty fifth modest in Buriram, the Thailand world perceptible his header palmed over the bar by means of JDT goalkeeper Andoni Zubiaurre.
Malaysian league champions JDT will host Buriram in the second one leg in Johor upcoming Tuesday life Shanghai Port exit to Yokohama’s World Stadium.
The groups are fighting for a playground within the quarter-final draw, which is able to whisk playground in Kuala Lumpur on March 17 and can quality 4 groups each and every from west and east Asia.
The residue rounds of the contest will probably be performed on a centralised foundation in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, with the quarter-finals to be hung on April 25 and 26, the semi-finals on April 29 and 30 life the general will probably be performed on Would possibly 3.
