Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: Korea Republic club Ulsan Hyundai have signed forward Gleidionor Figueiredo Pinto Junior.
The K League Classic outfit said the 31-year-old, who is commonly known as Junior Negrao, has signed a contract for the 2018 season and will join their pre-season training in Portugal.
Ulsan are confident Junior will boost their attack in the domestic league and the AFC Champions League.
Ulsan, the 2012 AFC Champions League winners, qualified for this year's continental club tournament as the Korea Football Association Cup title holders.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Hong Kong: Vietnam star is ready to lead FLC Thanh Hoa into the next round of AFC Champions League qualifying ahead of their Preliminary Round 2 clash against Eastern SC on Tuesday.
With the recent success of the Vietnam team at the 2018 AFC U23 Championship a hot topic in the ASEAN nation, current senior team star Nguyen Trong Hoang has a chance to further push his nation's footballing development on the continent, when club side FLC Thanh Hoa meet Hong Kong's Eastern in the second stage of 2018 AFC Champions League qualification.
Q: How are you feeling ahead of the 2018 AFC Champions League match against Hong Kong team Eastern SC?
I'm feeling a little nervous, but before any game, I'm always thinking about getting the win. Our team is a good team in Vietnam, so I also feel confident and ready for the challenge. We are proud of the Thanh Hoa club and will fight hard for them. Eastern SC is a good team in Hong Kong too, though, so we must be careful.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Hong Kong: Eastern SC goalkeeper and captain insists that his side must bounce back after painful 8-1 defeat to Kitchee with victory in Tuesday's Preliminary Round 2 tie.
January 18, 2018 will be a date Yapp Hung-fai will be wanting to forget as quickly as possible. At Mongkok Stadium, the Eastern SC custodian and skipper saw eight goals fly past him in a heavy defeat to Hong Kong Premier League leaders and rivals Kitchee.
Fortunately, Yapp and his team have a chance for swift redemption, with the next game coming quickly: the 2018 AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 2 tie against Vietnam's FLC Thanh Hoa.
The 27-year-old goalkeeper spoke to the-AFC.com to share his thoughts ahead of the continental clash.
Q: How are you feeling ahead of the 2018 AFC Champions League match against Vietnamese team FLC Thanh Hoa?
This game is an important one for us to earn back the support from the fans after we suffered a big [8-1] defeat against Kitchee in the Hong Kong Premier League.
We are also facing a [Senior Shield] cup final the coming Saturday, so we need a brilliant performance to get back our confidence.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Chiangrai: Having seen off Singapore’s Tampines Rovers 3-1 in the first preliminary round of AFC Champions League qualifiers, Indonesia’s Bali United travel to northern Thailand to take on Chiangrai United on Tuesday.
After winning Liga 1 with rivals Bhayangkara last year, recently acquired Indonesia international Ilija Spasojevic scored his first goal for Bali in the victory against Tampines, and the striker took time out to speak to the-AFC.com ahead of the one-legged second preliminary round clash in Chiangrai
Q. How happy were you with Bali’s performance against Tampines Rovers?
It was our first competitive match this season so I was very happy with our performance. I’m sure in time we can only get better as there are some new players in the squad and we need more time to really adapt to each other.
Q. You scored at a crucial time. How important was that goal to the team's confidence in the final 30 minutes?
After the first half ended 1-1, we had to attack early in the second half as we didn’t want to chase the win in the last minutes of the game. Luckily, everything went according to our plan.