AFC Champions League - Most popular for November 2007
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Arsene Wenger and Alex Ferguson will tell you otherwise, but it if anyone in the UK thought club
international football was no longer the best, they only needed to follow this weekend's relevant
Euro 2008 qualifiers.
The fact remains no one club's Champions League success can inspire a country like their national
team can on the edge of glory.
I would not like to take a penalty in front of Urawa Reds' supporters at their Saitama stadium,
myself. Watch this shootout from an Asian Champions League semi-final against South Korea's
Seongnam Ilhwa last week, and marvel at the spectacle of the giant flags. It's really no surprise
they won, is it? [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/UVjKYntK5LY" width="425"
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The Urawa Reds became the first Japanese team since Shimizu S-Pulse in 2000 to win a continental
championship when they defeated Sepahan of Iran 2-0 in the final of the Asian Champions League on
Wednesday at Saitama Stadium.
An elated Holger Osieck spoke afterward about the win, the season and his preferred celebratory
poison of choice:
Q: Did you feel Sepahan were capable of scoring tonight?
