Matchday Five - Group E: Kashiwa Reysol 0-2 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Matchday Five - Group E: Kashiwa Reysol 0-2 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Kashiwa: Goals from Ricardo Lopes and Lee Dong-gook helped Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors to a clinical 2-0 victory over Kashiwa Reysol in their Group E action on Matchday Five of the 2018 AFC Champions League on Wednesday.

Backed by a vocal home crowd, Kashiwa flew out of the blocks and almost opened the scoring on two separate occasions within the first five minutes.

But on 16th minute, Jeonbuk went ahead through Brazilian Ricardo Lopes. While the 27-year-old hit the post on the first occasion with his shot just inside the box, he followed it up to give the Group E leaders an early lead at the Hitachi Kashiwa Stadium.

For the remainder of the first half, the home side pushed for an elusive equaliser and went close in the 39th minute through Ryuta Koike, who flashed a shot just wide from the top of the box.