Sanfrecce Hiroshima denied Melbourne Victory’s departing greats a farewell win with a 3-1 victory in ACL Group F.
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Kevin Muscat’s reign at Melbourne Victory is over, the club legend taking leave from his coaching tenure with a 3-1 loss to Sanfrecce Hirosima in the AFC Champions League.
On an eerie night at AAMI Park, the A-League powerhouses said farewell to Muscat, captain Carl Valeri and marquee Keisuke Honda.
There was plenty of love from the crowd of 6,053, which sang and cheered for their departing trio. But in keeping with Victory’s unfortunate campaign in Asia, they were undone by two world-class goals.
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima ruined Keisuke Honda’s Japanese homecoming, finding a late goal to dent Melbourne Victory’s AFC Champions League ambitions.
The J-League club won 2-1 on Tuesday night, scoring either side of Honda’s equaliser to secure a result against the run of play.
Teenage talent Shunki Higashi netted after just three minutes and Daiki Watari put a header past Lawrence Thomas with four minutes remaining, just as Victory thought they’d nabbed a share of the spoils.
Honda at least provided a…
Jay Bothroyd scored a stunning 40-yard goal to give Consadole Sapporo a 2-0 lead against Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Teerasil Dangda has been capped 91 times by Thailand.
Muang Thong United striker Teerasil Dangda will become the second Thailand international in the J.League’s top tier next year having sealed a one-year loan deal with Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Teerasil joined the Japanese side one year to the day after playmaker Chanathip Songkrasin signed an 18-month loan deal with Consadole Sapporo.
But Teerasil will stay on for Muang Thong’s AFC Champions League preliminary round clash against Malaysia’s Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) on Jan. 23rd. And he will also be available…
Cho Dong-Geon scored an incredible goal from the halfway line in Sagan Tosu’s win over Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the J-League.