Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors registered the second win of their AFC Champions League Elite campaign after defeating Johor Darul Ta\u2019zim 2-0 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The result lifted the Korea Republic side level with JDT on seven points, while handing the Malaysian champions their first defeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The visitors\u2019 early pressing almost yielded the opener in the fourth minute when Kevin Medina threaded a weighted through ball to release Marcos Guilherme, but the Brazilian struck his effort straight at Jeonbuk goalkeeper Song Bum-keun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jeonbuk went close 10 minutes later when Nacho Mendes gained possession of a loose ball off a corner before forcing Song into a fine save.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The K League side grew into the game and went closer in the 20th minute when Kim Jin-gyu delivered a cross from a set-piece into the path of Bruno Mota, whose close-range effort just drifted wide of the right post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mota made amends two minutes later, rising highest to meet Kim\u2019s cross from the left with a glancing close-range header that left JDT goalkeeper Syihan Hazmi flat-footed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The balance then firmly shifted in Jeonbuk\u2019s favour with JDT conceding a penalty in the third minute of first half stoppage time after Syihan brought down Lee Dong-jun inside the box, with Italo sending the Malaysian goalkeeper the wrong way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
JDT came close to pulling one back three minutes into the second half when Guilherme led a fast break and set up Oscar Arribas, who struck the crossbar from distance, while Mota saw his glancing header off a set-piece situation sail over the bar in the 57th minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Song kept Jeonbuk\u2019s lead intact when he foiled Mendez\u2019s effort from inside the area on the hour mark, before denying Arribas\u2019 low drive and Arif Aiman\u2019s follow-up nine minutes later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jeonbuk threatened at the other end with Lee Sueng-woo pulling the strings to set up Kim Jin-gyu, who fired over the bar, while Lee Yeong-jae pulled his effort just wide off the left post following a neat team move in the 72nd minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
JDT kept pressing to find a way back into the tie but Jeonbuk defended stoutly to take home the points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC (Kor) bt Johor Darul Ta\u2019zim (Mas) 2-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kashiwa Reysol (Jpn bt Daejeon Hana Citizen FC (Kor) 2-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vissel Kobe (Jpn) bt Ratchaburi FC (Tha) 3-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shanghai Port (Chn) bt Newcastle Jets (Aus) 4-2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors registered the second win of their AFC Champions League Elite campaign after defeating Johor Darul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[430],"tags":[63],"class_list":["post-17404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-football"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t