AFC Champions League

SINGAPORE - Brothers Irfan and Ikhsan Fandi have become the first Singaporean footballers to reach the AFC Champions League quarter-finals, after their club ...

Elsewhere, there have also been reasons to smile for other members of the Fandi family. Centre-back Irfan, 25, told The Straits Times: "It's always an honour to play in such a prestigious competition. "Now, we have to recover for the next match, which is going to be even tougher."

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.

KUALA LUMPUR: Johor Darul Takzim's (JDT) hopes of authoring another historic episode in the annals of Malaysian football were dashed after a 0-5 crush...

After the second goal, Urawa Reds played with extra confidence and was only a matter of time before extending the lead and Karlsson who was a constant menace to the JDT defence, struck Urawa Red’s third and his second of the night in the 39th minute. JDT tried hard to get into the match and even had a good opportunity through Fernando Forestieri in the 16th minute but he failed to trap a good pass from Arif Aiman inside the box and that miss proved costly as three minutes later David Moberg Karlsson made it 2-0 in the 19th minute with a well taken freekick. The squad coached by Hector Bidoglio got off to a good start and took the fight to their more illustrious opponents early in the match but Arif Aiman Mohd Hanapi’s goal bound effort in the 2nd minute was saved by Shusaku Nishikawa in the Urawa goal.

TOKYO: Two-time Asian Champions League winners Urawa Red Diamonds will take on Thailand's BG Pathum United in Monday's quarter-finals at Saitama Stadium ...

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Urawa Reds advanced to the quarterfinals of the Asian Champions League after the Japanese team routed Malaysia's Johor Darul Tazim 5-0 on Friday.

Round-of-16 games in the western half of the draw will not be held until Feb. Alexander Scholz put the Reds ahead from the penalty spot after just eight minutes and the two-time champion looked comfortable in front of its home fans at Saitama Stadium. The tournament is divided into two geographic regions.