YOKOHAMA (AFP) – Japan’s Yokohama F-Marinos cruised into the Asian Champions League quarter-finals yesterday with a stylish 4-1 second-leg win over Shanghai Port for a 5-1 last-16 aggregate victory.
Yokohama, last season’s runners-up, went into the home leg with a 1-0 lead from the opening fixture in China and they put themselves further in front with two goals in the opening half hour.
Shanghai pulled one back but Yokohama scored again before half-time before adding another after the break.
The win earned Yokohama, coached by Gareth Southgate’s former England assistant Steve Holland, a place in the AFC Champions League Elite final tournament in Saudi Arabia.
Games will be played over 11 days in Jeddah, with the quarter-finals kicking off on April 25.
