AFC Champions League Semi-final Flashback: China vs Japan

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

AFC Champions League Semi-final Flashback: China vs Japan

Kuala Lumpur: With all-Chinese and all-Japanese affairs in the 2017 AFC Champions League quarter-finals, the semi-final clash in the East was always going to pit China against Japan, and it was Shanghai SIPG and Urawa Red Diamonds who prevailed to set up a mouthwatering encounter.

It will be just the third time the countries have met at this stage of the competition so, with the first leg now just a week away, we look back at the two previous semi-finals when sides from the East Asian powerhouses squared off in their quests for continental glory.

Kashiwa Reysol vs Guangzhou Evergrande (2013 AFC Champions League semi-final)

First leg: Kashiwa Reysol 1 Guangzhou Evergrande 4