AFC CL Elite: Al Hilal Whitewash Gwangju
Written By Jacobs Dunga
The four time champions breezed past their South Korean counterparts in the first game of the quarter finals.
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Al Hilal sent a statement of intent to the remaining teams in the AFC Champions League Elite with a commanding 7-0 victory over Gwangju FC.
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The Blues applied no brakes as they hit the Korean side for seven to advance to the semi finals.
48, 714 fans were present at the Alinma Stadium where Sergej Milinkovic Savic opened the scoring as early as the 6th minute.
Marcos Leonardo was the next to get on the scoresheet with a well taken first time shot following Yaccine Bounou’s save to deny the Koreans an equalizer.
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Salem Al Dawsari joined the party just before halftime as he raced almost half of the pitch to finish calmly in the net for his side’s third of the game.
Aleksandar Mitrovic, Malcom, Nasser Al Dawsari and Abdullah Al Hamddan all joined in the goals after the interval to complete the rout.
The record winners now await the conquerors of the tie involving Al Ahli and Buriram United in one of the other quarterfinal games.
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