ACL2017 Semi-Final – Fans View: Shanghai SIPG vs Urawa Red Diamonds

We begin with the exciting East Asia clash between Shanghai SIPG and Urawa Red Diamonds.

Taku Murakami, Urawa Red Diamonds fan

Obviously, SIPG’s strengths are their three super Brazilians (Hulk, Oscar, Elkeson).

They showed outstanding performances in the last two matches in the group stage. There are no equivalent players like them in the J.League.

The impression I got from them was so strong that I don`t remember how other players were playing in the matches, which may suggest the Brazilians could be their weak points as SIPG seem to rely on them too much. It means if the Reds can stop them, they have more chances to win.

For Urawa, all their players are key, but if I have to name some as ‘key players’ I`d recommend Shinzo Koroki, Yosuke Kashiwagi, and Yuki Abe.