Yokohama beats Shandong to book Asian Champions League last-16 spot

Yokohama F Marinos booked their place within the final 16 of the Asian Champions League on Wednesday after a 3-0 win over Shandong Taishan ensured Kevin Muscat departed the membership on a excessive as former champions Jeonbuk Hyundai additionally progressed.

Muscat introduced final week he was leaving after two-and-a-half years on the membership and objectives from Elber, Anderson Lopes and Yan Matheus gave Marinos the win they wanted to prime Group G and qualify robotically for the subsequent spherical.

Shandong joined Yokohama within the final 16 regardless of shedding to their hosts, Choi Kang-hee’s group pipping South Korea’s Incheon United to second place within the group with 12 factors sufficient to assert one of many three finest runners-up slots.