Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Riyadh: Yuki Abe has set his sights on winning the AFC Champions League for coach Takafumi Hori ahead of the first leg of the final between Urawa Red Diamonds and Al Hilal at King Fahd International Stadium on Saturday.
Club captain Abe was part of the team that won the 2007 competition and the midfielder-turned-defender is now just two games away from lifting the title for a second time after Hori replaced former coach Mihailo Petrovic in the summer and promptly guided the Saitama team to a second continental final.
But standing in Urawa’s way are an unbeaten Al Hilal team who have swept aside West Asian heavyweights Al Ain and Persepolis in the previous two rounds and are aiming to make up for the disappointment of losing the 2014 final to Western Sydney Wanderers.
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