–Kaya-Iloilo FC
Kaya-Iloilo, regardless of being lowered to 10 males within the second half, discovered a solution to register its first win in Group E of the AFC Champions League Two after defeating host Japanese FC, 2-1, Thursday at Mongkok Stadium in Hong Kong.
Veteran striker Robert Lopez Mendy transformed the winner with a penalty within the 86th minute because the Philippines Soccer League titleholders lastly secured the utmost three factors after three defeats to open their continental marketing campaign.
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The victory, which additionally avenged the heartbreaking 2-1 defeat to Japanese at Rizal Memorial Stadium two weeks in the past, ended an 18-match dropping streak for Kaya in all Asian Soccer Confederation membership competitions.
That stretch spanned three years since Kaya defeated Chinese language Tremendous League facet Shanghai Port, 1-0, within the playoff spherical of the 2021 Champions League in Thailand.
Vengeful beating
Kaya prevailed regardless of squandering a 1-0 lead on Daizo Horikoshi’s spot kick within the first half, dropping Jovin Bedic to a straight purple card and an equalizer by Japanese’s Marcus Gondra within the seventieth.
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Substitute Jess Melliza was fouled throughout a counterattack, permitting the Senegalese-born Mendy to attain the profitable aim.
Dynamic Herb Cebu, in the meantime, was handed a 9-2 beating by vengeful Muangthong United of their Group H affair at Rizal Memorial.
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