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KUALA LUMPUR: Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds thrashed Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) 5-0 in today's Asian Champions League (ACL) last-16 match at Saitama Stadium.

It was not easy to reach this stage of the tournament. "We know they are a very strong team. Urawa, who won the ACL in 2007 and 2017, secured their fourth goal in the 84th minute thanks to Danish Junker.

SAITAMA, Aug 19 — Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds booked their place in the Asian Champions League quarter-finals with a 5-0 rout of Malaysia's Johor Darul ...

Teerasil made it three when he tapped in at the back post in the 68th minute before Chatmongkol rounded off the scoring with a cool finish three minutes from time. Ikhsan doubled BG Pathum’s lead five minutes later, with a stunning strike from the edge of the box after beating two Kitchee defenders. Kitchee gifted BG Pathum their opening goal in the 34th minute after a goalkeeping howler.

TOKYO : Two-time champions Urawa Red Diamonds and Thailand's BG Pathum United recorded comprehensive wins on Friday over Johor Darul Tazim and Kitchee ...

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The AFC Champions League dream is over for Johor Darul Ta'zim for another year, but there are plenty of positives from a history-making campaign.

[Fernando Forestieri](https://global.espn.com/football/player/_/id/92108/fernando-forestieri) to Johor primarily to aid in the club's continental aspirations. [David Moberg Karlsson](https://global.espn.com/football/player/_/id/188022/david-moberg-karlsson)'s stunning freekick for their second goal was almost a carbon copy of the one Velazquez scored back in April to send JDT on their way to a 2-1 win over Ulsan that originally sealed their placed in the Round of 16. [Leandro Velazquez](https://global.espn.com/football/player/_/id/195636/leandro-velazquez), a player JDT sorely missed on Friday. [Jordi Amat](https://global.espn.com/football/player/_/id/144477/jordi-amat) into the deep end for his debut arguably backfired. [Ulsan Hyundai](/football/club/_/id/7120/ulsan-hyundai), who won the tournament as recently as in 2020. [AFC Champions League](/football/league/_/name/afc.champions) for the first time ever in 2022-23, the Round of 16 is as far as [Johor Darul Ta'zim](/football/club/_/id/17689/johor-darul-tazim) will get for now.

JDT chief coach Hector Bidoglio admitted that the two early goals, a penalty kick by Alexander Scholz in the eighth minute and a freekick conversion by David ...

We will step up our play but it will take time,” he said in a post on the official Facebook of the club, Johor Southern Tigers, today. “It’s not easy to play against clubs from Japan. “We also did not distribute our passes the way we normally played but instead sent long balls.