Names like Andres Iniesta, Thomas Vermaelen and Kyogo Furuhashi have taken Vissel’s class of 2020 to unprecedented heights since they arrived in Qatar last month, defying an indifferent J1 League campaign to reach the semi-final of Asia’s premier club competition.

Standing between Vissel and a fairy-tale finale is an Ulsan Hyundai side whose head coach Kim Do-hoon, once upon a time, was the man responsible for leading the line and scoring goals in Kobe.

Ulsan Hyundai were made to wait 120 minutes to get their winner from the very last kick of the ball at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium.

After a goalless first half, Hotaru Yamaguchi’s goal from a well-worked Vissel Kobe corner kick was cancelled out by Bjorn Johnsen’s strike nine minutes from time, taking the tie into extra time. A penalty in the last minute allowed Junior Negrao to slot home his fifth of the campaign and send the Koreans into the final.

A 119th-minute penalty kick from Ulsan’s Júnior Negrão finally settled the tie, which had seen Vissel go ahead through Hotaru Yamaguchi just after half-time, only for Bjørn Johnsen to snatch a late equaliser with the help of the Video Assistant Referee.

Kim Do-hoon’s side will now face Islamic Republic of Iran’s Persepolis FC, while Vissel’s superb maiden appearance in the competition ends one step short of the finale.

Doha: Suwon Samsung Bluewings' Park Sang-hyeok has been voted by the fans as the 2020 AFC Champions League (East) Toyota Player of the Week after he scored his side's goal in the 1-1 quarter-final draw with Vissel Kobe before the K League 1 team exited on penalties.

The 22-year-old midfielder, who opened the scoring with a nicely placed header in the seventh minute, gained 42 percent of the fans' vote after having been ranked sixth in the ratings by Stats Perform ratings – the AFC's official data provider – with a score of 7.1.

With anticipation building for the 2020 AFC Champions League final, where Islamic Republic of Iran champions Persepolis will be aiming to win the continental title for the first time, their fans voted in huge numbers for Nemati.

Facing Qatar's Al Sadd in an Azadi Stadium packed to the brim, the return leg of the semi-final was tied 1-1 when Nemati struck to take Persepolis into the 2018 AFC Champions League final against Japan's Kashima Antlers.

Review the six goals and check out the result at the bottom of the article.

Dower gave up a long career as a detective sergeant in the police force and the dividends have been enormous. Dower was recently appointed Football Federation Australia’s (FFA) Women’s Technical Adviser. It book-ended a decade that began with Dower coaching at local level and Queensland’s youth representative teams.

Oman played two friendlies against their Bahraini counterparts during the training camp, winning the first 2-1 and losing the second 2-0.

The training camp was a very valuable exercise for Oman head coach Hilal Al Oufi as it allowed him to assess the players for the AFC U-16 Championship, which has been rescheduled to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.