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2007.10.03
Asian Quality
Seongnam Ilhwa 2. Urawa Reds 2. AFC Champions League Semifinal 1st Leg
Urawa in Seongnam
ACL semi-final in far east was very exciting.
Two clubs representing J.League and K.League represented Asian football
quality. It was a quiet at first and both targeted the goal in their way
based on the defense organization. It has a kind of elegance.
Though Urawa's quarter-final in Jeonju was rough, this match was very
clean. Jeonju was seeded that quarter-final was the first appearance of
thier ACL 2007 as definding champion, but Seongnam was different. Seongnam have
the pride of surviving the serious ACL group league and the leader of K.League
as well. As you might think this match was lack of the speed, but if you regularly
follow the J.League or K.League and you know the tight situation of them,
you can understand how they played their best for their pride.
In Japan, there is the debate of the issue of the turnover (see the
2007.09.23 article). Kawasaki Frontale let eight men off from the league match and prepared
for ACL (and lost the ACL). The right or wrong is disccused but if they are eager for the
league, they do not do that. Urawa and Seongnam are leading the league and
there is no way to keep the players off from the pitch. Playing throungh the year 2007
and wishing to enjoy the fruits of efforts, the meaning of this match is very important.
Urawa got valuable two away goals and are coming back to Japan. The second leg is
scheduled on 24th October.
Matches displayed in Local Time.
Stadiums are located in Japan unless otherwise noted.
Some stadium sells naming rights to sponsors ( Naming Rights/Original Name )
"ET" denotes matches are played in additional extra time.
"v" denotes extra time matches ended with v-goal (golden goal).
"PK" denotes the winner is decided with penalty shootout.
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