Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Bangkok: Buriram United striker Edgar Silva lit up the AFC Champions League Round of 16 with an outstanding solo goal in the 3-2 first leg win over Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in Thailand. And the Brazilian is looking for more of the same in the return meeting on Tuesday.
A standout performance from Edgar Silva helped Thailand's Buriram United to one of their most famous victories as they bested two-time continental champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors of Korea Republic in their last 16, first leg clash last week.
The Brazilian scored his second goal of the game when he picked up the ball inside his own half and dribbled past several challenges before finding the net with a low shot into the corner to put the Thais 3-1 up. Son Jun-ho’s strike in added time put a different complexion on the scoreline and leaves the tie finely balanced.
Edgar Silva spoke exclusively to the-AFC.com before his side travelled to Korea Republic for Tuesday’s second-leg tie with a slender advantage.

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The Week In Numbers
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Kuala Lumpur: After four hard-fought AFC Champions League Round of 16 first leg fixtures, the eight sides in the East Zone take to the field once more, with the second legs being held on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Three of the four games last week ended in home wins, while the match between Tianjin Quanjian and Guangzhou Evergrande was the only draw across the East and West Zones, as all four matches remain in the balance ahead of the second legs.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Kuala Lumpur: The-AFC.com has announced that Edgar Silva of Buriram United is the winner of this week’s Goal of the Week presented by Allianz for the first leg of the 2018 AFC Champions League Round of 16 after a public vote on the AFC’s official website.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Kuala Lumpur: A brace in Buriram United’s stunning 3-2 victory over Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in the first leg of the AFC Champions League Round of 16 on Tuesday has seen Brazilian striker Edgar pick up the Toyota Player of the Week accolade.
Kuala Lumpur: A brace in Buriram United’s stunning 3-2 victory over Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in the first leg of the AFC Champions League Round of 16 on Tuesday has seen Brazilian striker Edgar pick up the Toyota Player of the Week accolade.
The week’s star performer, who joined the Thai side prior to the 2018 campaign, netted a fine header to put Buriram in front early on, before the forward scored the decisive goal following a superb mazy run from the halfway line with 20 minutes remaining as Buriram eventually won 3-2.
In an excellent individual performance, Edgar had four shots on goal, completed 35 passes and scored a rating of 8.4, and Buriram now travel to Korea Republic with real hope of progressing to a first quarter-final since 2013.
Guangzhou Evergrande goalkeeper Zeng Cheng (pictured below) was another player who put in a standout performance as China’s Number 1 kept a clean sheet in his side’s scoreless draw away at domestic rivals Tianjin Quanjian.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Kuala Lumpur: After the dust has settled on the first leg of AFC Champions League Round of 16 fixtures, the-AFC.com looks back at the reactions of some of the players involved in the first knockout round matches.
Today's match was difficult. We tried to score as many goals as we could because we were playing at home. We pushed forward from the beginning and we could have scored at least four goals in the first half. The goal which we conceded at the beginning of the second half affected our play. We have the second leg left and what's important is that we return [from Jeddah] having secured qualification.
Man of the Match Khoukhi Boualem insists Al Sadd could have had scored more goals against Al Ahli but the midfielder’s brace in a 2-1 win means the Qatari side travel to Saudi Arabia with a 2-1 lead to defend.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Buriram: A standout performance from Edgar Silva helped Buriram United to one of their most famous victories as they defeated Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 3-2 in the first leg of their 2018 AFC Champions League Round of 16 encounter.
With Jeonbuk choosing to rest a number of key players for next week’s second leg at home, the Thai champions pounced to take the advantage heading into that clash, although a late goal from the Korea Republic side did take some of the gloss off the win.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Kuala Lumpur: The eight remaining sides in the West Zone of the AFC Champions League return to action at the beginning of the week for the second legs of their Round of 16 clashes.
There was no shortage of drama in the first legs last week as the four matches all produced winners, handing the teams who suffered defeats the task of overturning deficits in the reverse fixtures.