Urawa looking to raise roof in Champions League final showdown
The HinduJapan’s Urawa Red Diamonds is looking to “harness the power” of its boisterous fans when it hosts Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal in Saturday’s Asian Champions League final second leg. Ighalo threat Nishikawa said he had “goosebumps” thinking about the atmosphere that awaits Saturday’s game but warned his team-mates not to get carried away by the occasion. Ighalo scored four goals in Al Hilal’s 7-0 semi-final thrashing of Qatar’s Al Duhail, and Urawa midfielder Atsuki Ito knows the Nigerian is capable of pouncing again in the final. “Al Hilal are a strong team, so we need to be careful and make sure we don’t allow that kind of atmosphere.” Ito was born in Urawa’s home city of Saitama and remembers the club’s previous two Champions League triumphs, in 2007 and 2017.
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