AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

FC Tokyo Misses out on Chance to Advance in Asian Champions League

This week we have FC Tokyo as our main spotlight, an soccer team based in Tokyo, Japan. They lost to korean team, Jeonbuk Motors at their home ground on Wednesday with the score of 1:2. Tokyo needed this win in order to advance into the next stages as Urawa became the first J.League team to advance to the round of 16 with their draw at Sydney FC. Jeonbuk Motors has a strong linewith up players such as Kim Bo Kyung playing in the premier league previously, became a struggle for FC Tokyo.

FC Tokyo were indecisive in their 90 minutes of game play, unable to scare off their opponents and the game finished with a score of 1:2: In Domestic action, FC Tokyo has also been having problems lately as they were beaten 4:2 at their home grounds by Kawasaki Frontale for a result of 3 losses in 4 games, an unacceptable result. They are currently 11th with 9 points on the league table with a staggering 8 points behind Kawasaki.

“We lost to them in our away game, a

nd they are a wonderful side, featuring so many talented players, which is notable amongst the Korean teams,” said Jofuku, who will be without Japan defender Masato Morishige due to suspension, having seen FC Tokyo lost 2-1 to Jeonbuk at the start of the campaign.