SAITAMA, Japan : Urawa Red Diamonds coach Maciej Skorza admitted he had to sacrifice his football principals to secure their third Asian Champions League title with victory over defending champions Al-Hilal on Saturday.Official statistics recorded Urawa failed to register a single shot on target over the
SAITAMA, Japan : Urawa Red Diamonds coach Maciej Skorza admitted he had to sacrifice his football principals to secure their third Asian Champions League title with victory over defending champions Al-Hilal on Saturday.
"Keeping compact, with good organisation in defence was our target," Skorza said of his tactical approach. "Of course we would like to win scoring three or five goals, that would be fantastic but today playing such a good team like Al-Hilal we had to beat them.The title win was Skorza's first with Urawa and comes less than five months after he was appointed the club's coach.
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