Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: After eliminating Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in the Round of 16 to avenge a bitter defeat three years ago, Wang Shenchao believes fate has delivered another opportunity for vengeance for Shanghai SIPG after the Chinese Super League champions were drawn to face Urawa Red Diamonds in the quarter-finals of the 2019 AFC Champions League.
Vitor Pereira’s side exorcised their Jeonbuk demons in June with a penalty shootout win over the two-time AFC Champions League winners as Shanghai banished the painful memories of the 5-0 aggregate loss inflicted upon them by the club from Korea Republic in the 2016 edition of the Continental championship.
And now SIPG captain Wang is anticipating the opportunity for further retribution against an Urawa side that curtailed the club’s AFC Champions League ambitions in the semi-finals of the 2017 edition when the teams meet in the quarter-finals on Tuesday.
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Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: The 2019 AFC Champions League quarter-finals are now nearly upon us as the eight remaining sides get ready to continue their quest to be crowned Continental champions.
As the first legs of four eagerly awaited contests get set to kick off on Monday, the-AFC.com has picked out one key player from each club who could light up the last eight and help fire their side towards glory.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Doha: Al Sadd SC’s Nam Tae-hee is set to miss Monday’s AFC Champions League quarter-final showdown with Saudi Arabian powerhouse Al Nassr through injury.
The 28-year-old Korea Republic international has been ruled out of the first-leg encounter at Riyadh’s King Fahd International Stadium after damaging a muscle in his left leg during the Qatari club’s Sheikh Jassim Cup win over domestic rivals Al Duhail SC on August 17.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: Guangzhou Evergrande FC’s rising star Wei Shihao is counting down the minutes to the return of the 2019 AFC Champions League as he hopes to help the two-time champions win a record third Continental title later this year.
The competition resumes in East Asia after a two-and-a-half month hiatus next week, with Guangzhou facing off against defending champions Kashima Antlers in a mouth-watering quarter-final clash that the China PR international is relishing.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Riyadh: The 2019 AFC Champions League quarter-finals kick off on Monday with four heated encounters, but none is as historically significant as the all-Saudi clash between Al Ittihad and Al Hilal.
With nine Continental trophies and 23 Saudi League titles between them, Al Hilal and Al Ittihad are Saudi Arabia’s most successful teams and two of Asia’s greatest sides, but only one of them will make it to the last four of the 2019 AFC Champions League.
Al Hilal have reached the semi-finals three times in the past five years, while time has not been kind to two-time AFC Champions League winners Al Ittihad, whose last semi-final appearance dates back to 2012 when they lost to city rivals Al Ahli.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Saitama: Yuki Abe had to wait 10 years to add a second AFC Champions League winner’s medal to the one he won with Urawa Red Diamonds in 2007, but the veteran defender is hoping he can secure a third Continental title by the time this year’s campaign comes to its conclusion.
Now 37 years old and in the twilight of his career, Abe is the only member of Urawa’s playing staff remaining from the side that defeated Sepahan of Islamic Republic of Iran in the final of the 2007 AFC Champions League as Reds became the first Japanese club to win the title.
Ten years later – and with Abe still in the team - Urawa repeated the feat, seeing off Al Hilal from Saudi Arabia to become only the fourth club – along with Al Ittihad from Saudi Arabia, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors of Korea Republic and China PR’s Guangzhou Evergrande – to win the trophy twice since the AFC Champions League was created in 2002.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Jeddah: José Luis Sierra’s Al Ittihad received a confidence boost ahead of the 2019 AFC Champions League quarter-finals by defeating Lebanon's Al Ahed in the first leg of the King Muhammed VI Cup Round of 32 on Tuesday.
Al Ittihad defeated Al Ahed 3-0 at the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, setting them up nicely for the kick-off of their 2019-20 Saudi Pro League campaign and 2019 AFC Champions League quarter-finals.
Al Ittihad open their domestic season with a home tie against Al Raed on Friday and then play domestic rivals Al Hilal SFC in the first leg of the 2019 AFC Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday.