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The Indonesian side will next face Tainan City FC on Saturday with Myanmar’s Yangon to play the Chinese Taipei side on Wednesday.
Borneo put Yangon under heavy pressure from the start with captain Juan Villa at the heart of everything the home side did.
His corner delivery was headed over by Christian before Arthur backheeled his pass wide as the Colombian midfielder’s rebound effort in the 15th minute was cleared on the line by Thiago Tomais.
Another perfect delivery from Villa six minutes later was wasted, his lofted cross from the left flank was nodded over by an unmarked Hugo Samir in the centre of the box.
Having weathered the early storm, Yangon showed they too could be dangerous with a counter attacking move in the 35th minute from Zaw Min Thein who found Than Paing with a reverse pass, with the forward’s low strike needing a finger tip save from Kadu to tip the ball around the post.
Group D: Borneo FC Samarinda (IDN) v Yangon United (MYA)
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The second half began with Borneo back on the ascendancy, Sann Sat Naing punching away Villa’s free-kick in the 49th minute and then showing great goalkeeping to keep out Marcos Astina’s follow-up.
Saan, however, could do nothing four minutes later when Christian flicked Kablan N’Goma’s corner delivery for Iago Mendonca - arriving at the back post - to sweep home the opening goal.
Borneo made sure of the win in the 81st minute, Villa creating space for himself on the left to cross for Moussa Diarra to knock home from close range.
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