Urawa Red Diamonds vs Al Hilal, 2022 AFC Champions League, Finals

· 2nd Leg - Urawa Red Diamonds win 2-1 on aggregate

48': André Carrillo (OG)

FT
1 - 0
2nd Leg - Urawa Red Diamonds win 2-1 on aggregate

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Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Foul by Michael (Al-Hilal).
2': Takahiro Akimoto (Urawa Red Diamonds) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Foul by Ali Al Bulayhi (Al-Hilal).
3': Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
5': Attempt blocked. Odion Ighalo (Al-Hilal) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Abdullah Al Hamdan.
5': Corner, Al-Hilal. Conceded by Alexander Scholz.
5': Delay in match because of an injury Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds).
7': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
11': Foul by Abdullah Otayf (Al-Hilal).
11': Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': Hand ball by Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds).
21': Attempt saved. Michael (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by André Carrillo.
22': Corner, Al-Hilal. Conceded by Takahiro Sekine.
22': Corner, Al-Hilal. Conceded by Takahiro Akimoto.
23': Corner, Al-Hilal. Conceded by Marius Høibråten.
24': Attempt blocked. Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Shinzo Koroki.
24': Corner, Urawa Red Diamonds. Conceded by Abdullah Otayf.
28': Corner, Urawa Red Diamonds. Conceded by Jang Hyun-Soo.
30': Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Hiroki Sakai with a cross.
32': Foul by Mohammed Al Burayk (Al-Hilal).
32': Hiroki Sakai (Urawa Red Diamonds) wins a free kick on the right wing.
35': Attempt missed. Mohammed Kanno (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Abdullah Otayf.
36': André Carrillo (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
36': Foul by Tomoaki Okubo (Urawa Red Diamonds).
36': Tomoaki Okubo (Urawa Red Diamonds) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
37': Corner, Al-Hilal. Conceded by Hiroki Sakai.
38': Attempt blocked. Michael (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
38': Foul by Michael (Al-Hilal).
38': Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
42': Attempt saved. André Carrillo (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Mohammed Kanno.
42': Corner, Al-Hilal. Conceded by Shusaku Nishikawa.
43': Foul by Marius Høibråten (Urawa Red Diamonds).
43': Mohammed Kanno (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
45': Offside, Urawa Red Diamonds. Atsuki Ito tries a through ball, but Shinzo Koroki is caught offside.
45'+1': Ali Al Bulayhi (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': Foul by Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds).
45'+3': First Half ends, Urawa Red Diamonds 0, Al-Hilal 0.
45': Second Half begins Urawa Red Diamonds 0, Al-Hilal 0.
48': Foul by Mohammed Kanno (Al-Hilal).
48': Yoshio Koizumi (Urawa Red Diamonds) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
48': Own Goal by André Carrillo, Al-Hilal. Urawa Red Diamonds 1, Al-Hilal 0.
50': Foul by Takahiro Akimoto (Urawa Red Diamonds).
50': Michael (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
51': Foul by Jang Hyun-Soo (Al-Hilal).
51': Yoshio Koizumi (Urawa Red Diamonds) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
57': Corner, Urawa Red Diamonds. Conceded by Abdullah Al Hamdan.
58': Foul by Odion Ighalo (Al-Hilal).
58': Marius Høibråten (Urawa Red Diamonds) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
58': Attempt blocked. Atsuki Ito (Urawa Red Diamonds) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
58': Corner, Urawa Red Diamonds. Conceded by Abdullah Al Hamdan.
60': Foul by Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds).
60': Saud Abdulhamid (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
62': André Carrillo (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
62': Foul by Tomoaki Okubo (Urawa Red Diamonds).
67': Ali Al Bulayhi (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
67': Foul by Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds).
68': Substitution, Al-Hilal. Saleh Al Shehri replaces Abdullah Al Hamdan.
68': Substitution, Al-Hilal. Nasser Al Dawsari replaces Abdullah Otayf.
71': Corner, Al-Hilal. Conceded by Takahiro Akimoto.
72': Substitution, Urawa Red Diamonds. José Kanté replaces Shinzo Koroki.
72': Substitution, Urawa Red Diamonds. Kaito Yasui replaces Yoshio Koizumi.
73': Attempt blocked. Odion Ighalo (Al-Hilal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Michael.
74': Attempt missed. Tomoaki Okubo (Urawa Red Diamonds) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by José Kanté following a fast break.
76': Attempt missed. Atsuki Ito (Urawa Red Diamonds) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Takahiro Sekine.
80': Substitution, Al-Hilal. Hamad Al Yami replaces Mohammed Al Burayk.
84': André Carrillo (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
84': Foul by Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds).
86': Substitution, Urawa Red Diamonds. Kai Shibato replaces Atsuki Ito.
86': Substitution, Urawa Red Diamonds. Takuya Ogiwara replaces Takahiro Sekine.
86': Attempt blocked. Odion Ighalo (Al-Hilal) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by André Carrillo with a cross.
87': Attempt missed. Kaito Yasui (Urawa Red Diamonds) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by José Kanté.
87': Substitution, Al-Hilal. Musab Al Juwayr replaces Mohammed Kanno.
87': Attempt missed. Michael (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Hamad Al Yami.
88': Ali Al Bulayhi (Al-Hilal) is shown the yellow card.
88': Foul by José Kanté (Urawa Red Diamonds).
88': Saud Abdulhamid (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89': Corner, Al-Hilal. Conceded by Hiroki Sakai.
90': Attempt blocked. André Carrillo (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Musab Al Juwayr.
90'+1': Attempt saved. Odion Ighalo (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ali Al Bulayhi.
90'+1': Foul by Nasser Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal).
90'+1': Tomoaki Okubo (Urawa Red Diamonds) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Urawa Red Diamonds 1, Al-Hilal 0.
0': Match ends, Urawa Red Diamonds 1, Al-Hilal 0.

Statistics

HIL		URA
9	Fouls	10
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	1
8	Corner Kicks	4
0	Saves	3
70.6	Possession	29.4
10	SHOTS	6
4	ON GOAL	0
0.4	On Target %	0.0
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
512	Accurate Passes	179
593	Passes	254
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.7
5	Accurate Crosses	1
32	Crosses	6
0.2	Cross %	0.2
70	Long Balls	53
40	Accurate Long Balls	18
0.6	Long Balls %	0.3
4	Blocked Shots	2
12	Effective Tackles	8
16	Tackles	18
0.8	Tackle %	0.4
3	Interceptions	10
9	Effective Clearances	34
9	Clearances	34

Game Information

Competition: AFC Champions League Elite

Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002
Location: Saitama, Japan
Attendance: 53,374

Line-Ups

Urawa Red Diamonds (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Shusaku Nishikawa (GK)
5	Marius Hoibraten
28	Alexander Scholz
15	Takahiro Akimoto
2	Hiroki Sakai
8	Yoshio Koizumi
19	Ken Iwao
3	Atsuki Ito
30	Shinzo Koroki
14	Takahiro Sekine
21	Tomoaki Okubo

Urawa Red Diamonds Substitutes:

Kaito Yasui, José Kanté, Toshiki Takahashi, Takuya Ogiwara, Zion Suzuki, Jumpei Hayakawa, Kai Shibato, Takuya Iwanami, Yuichi Hirano, Tomoya Inukai.

Al Hilal (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Abdullah Al-Mayouf (GK)
5	Ali Al-Bulayhi
20	Jang Hyun-Soo
2	Mohammed Al-Burayk
66	Saud Abdulhamid
8	Abdullah Otayf
28	Mohamed Kanno
19	André Carrillo
9	Odion Ighalo
14	Abdullah Al-Hamdan
96	Michael Delgado

Al Hilal Substitutes:

Musab Al-Juwayr, Nasser Al-Dawsari, Mohammed Al-Owais, Khalifah Al-Dawsari, Mohammed Jahfali, Habib Alwotayan, Saleh Al-Shehri, Hamad Al-Yami.

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