#Zlatan Ljubijankić (@Ljubijankic21) – a World Cup goalscorer for Slovenia in 2010 – features in both legs of the 2017 AFC Champions League final, finishing on the winning side as #Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds edge Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia 2-1 over two legs #AsianCentury #Asia #AFC
— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) November 26, 2017
A total of 116,863 spectators (59,136 in Riyadh + 57,727 in Saitama) watched the 2017 AFC Champions League final in person, richly evidencing once again the rapid development of #Asian #soccer and the extraordinary #marketing + cultural opportunities that await visionary entities
— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) November 26, 2017
Significantly, the Asian Football Confederation is attempting to build a worldwide following for their elite competition by streaming plenty of their content – including the 2017 AFC Champions League final – live on #YouTube, seemingly with a measure of success #Asia #Media
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Urawa Red Diamonds' victory is the first such triumph for a Japanese club since 2008, when the legendary Gamba Osaka side orchestrated by Yasuhito Endo crushed Adelaide United 5-0 on aggregate; winners of the four most recent editions have come from four different countries #Asia
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To watch: as things stand, @Ljubijankic21 and #UrawaRedDiamonds may not be able to defend their 2017 AFC Champions League title in the 2018 competition as they are unlikely to qualify via the usual domestic routes; the AFC could yet tweak the rules to obviate this paradox #Asia
— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) November 26, 2017