Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds vs. Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal - AFC Champions League final, second leg - Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan - November 25, 2017. Urawa Red Diamonds' players celebrate on the podium. REUTERS
CAIRO – 25 November 2017: Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2017 AFC Champions League title after they defeated Al-Hilal 1-0 on November 25 in the second leg of the Asian final.
The first leg in Saudi Arabia ended with a 1-1 draw. Rafael Silva opened the scoring for Urawa, and Omar Khribin equalized the score for Al-Hilal.
Al-Hilal controlled most of the first half, but they did not have real chances to score, except for Salem Al Dawsari`s shot in the 26th minute, which did not find the net.
In the second half, Al-Hilal pressed Urawa`s backline to score the winning goal, but they failed to penetrate the Japanese defense.
Dawsari was sent off the field in the 78th minute after he got a second yellow card.
In the 88th minute, Rafael Silve again scored Urawa`s winning goal after a powerful shot.
Al-Hilal failed to gain their third title in the competition. They won the title twice before, in 1991 and 2000, while their Japanese opponent won the title once in 2007.
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