Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Jakarta: Persija Jakarta ended their AFC Cup on a high, easily accounting for Shan United with a 6-1 win in their final Group E match at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium on Wednesday.
The Indonesian side took the lead early on through an audacious free-kick from hat-trick hero Bruno Matos and never looked back, outclassing their visitors to consign them to a sixth defeat from as many matches in Group G.
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Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Bacolod City: Wander Luiz’s spectacular late winner earned Becamez Binh Duong a 1-0 victory over Ceres Negros FC on Wednesday that secured the Vietnamese side a place in the next phase of the 2019 AFC Cup.
Nguyen Thanh Son’s side needed a win to claim the best runners-up berth in the Asean Zonal Semi-finals but looked set to exit the competition as they struggled to find the back of the net against the already-qualified Filipinos.
But the Brazilian’s 88th minute strike – which saw him lift the ball over home goalkeeper Roland Muller with an audacious effort from almost 40 yards out – earned Binh Duong three points that ensured they squeezed past Singapore’s Tampines Rovers to stay alive in the competition.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Dhaka: Mamunul Islam was Abahani Limited Dhaka's hero with the winning goal as they came from behind to defeat Chennaiyin FC 3-2 in a 2019 AFC Cup Group E tie on Wednesday.
The two teams played out two contrasting halves, the second of which saw three goals packed in a space of 10 minutes. A late goal by Mamunul Islam clinched a hard-fought game in favour of the hosts.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kathmandu: India’s Minerva Punjab’s search for their first win in the 2019 AFC Cup continued as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Nepal’s Manang Marshyangdi Club in a Group E tie on Wednesday.
The Indian side were forced to play with 10 men in the second half after losing Prateek Joshi to a red card just before the half-time whistle.
Manang Marshyangdi began the first half well as they starved Minerva of possession but the Indian side looked effective whenever they got a chance with the ball.
Samuel was particularly impressive in the wings early on. His first attempt was thwarted by a diving tackle from Bishal Rai in the wings but in the eighth minute, he produced an impressive long range effort that came off the bar.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Hanoi: Vietnam's Hanoi FC secured their place in the next round of the 2019 AFC Cup on Wednesday with a 2-0 win over 10-man Tampines Rovers that earned them top spot in Group F by virtue of a superior head-to-head record over the Singaporean side.
Both sides finished level on 13 points from their six group games but Wednesday’s win – coupled with the 1-1 draw between the teams on Matchday Two – means Hanoi take first place in the group and advance to the ASEAN Zonal Semi-finals.
First half goals from Ganiyu Oseni and Nguyen Thanh Chung put Hanoi in an unassailable position and Yasir Hanapi’s sending off late in the opening 45 minutes left Tampines – who only needed a draw to win the group – with an impossible task.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Yangon: A dominant second-half ensured Yangon United FC of Myanmar defeated Cambodia's Naga World 2-0 in a match that ended the AFC Cup campaigns of both sides at Thuwunna Stadium on Wednesday.
A tight opening kept the teams levelled at half-time, but Yangon outlasted their visitors after the break, with Maung Maung Lwin breaking the deadlock with 15 minutes remaining, before Vinicius Miller scored a penalty kick to ensure Tin Maung Tun's side finished third in Group F.
On an occasion which saw an all-female refereeing team take charge of an AFC Cup fixture for the first time in competition history, the motivation for both sides was to avoid finishing on the bottom of a group that was being decided elsewhere.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: Japanese referee Yoshimi Yamashita alongside assistant referees Makoto Bozono and Naomi Teshirogi became the first all-female cast to officiate an AFC Cup match, featuring Myanmar’s Yangon United FC and Naga World of Cambodia at the Thuwunna Stadium on Wednesday.
The Group F tie ended with Yangon winning 2-0.
This was the first time three female referees officiated in the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) club competitions, marking a new milestone in Asian refereeing.