AL-AIN (United Arab Emirates), May 26 — Hernan Crespo’s Al Ain steamrollered 10-man Yokohama F-Marinos 5-1 in the Asian Champions League final return leg to lift the trophy for...
AL-AIN , May 26 — Hernan Crespo’s Al Ain steamrollered 10-man Yokohama F-Marinos 5-1 in the Asian Champions League final return leg to lift the trophy for the second time in their history on Saturday.
“It’s really difficult to describe the emotions,” said Crespo, who only joined Al Ain in November and was mobbed by jubilant players as he spoke to reporters.“We deserve this title. Every time we were facing the quarter-finals, semi-finals and even the finals as underdogs,” he said.En route to the final, Al Ain ousted Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr in the quarter-finals and ended the record, 34-match winning streak of Saudi giants Al Hilal in the semis.
With temperatures still hovering above 30 degrees Celsius at the 8:00pm kick-off, Al Ain were ahead after just nine minutes. After a VAR review, Uzbek referee Ilgiz Tantashev pointed to the spot and Paraguay international Kaku smashed it into the bottom right, sparking delirium in the stands. After the restart, a depleted Yokohama lived dangerously when Hatanaka, under pressure from Rahimi, parried a deep cross onto his own crossbar.
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