SINGAPORE: Lion City Sailors beat Thai giants Muangthong United , 3-2 on Thursday night ( Feb 13 ) to move a step closer to the Asian Football Confederation Champions League 2 (ACL2 ) quarter-finals.
At the Thunder Dome facility in Nonthaburi, targets from Shawal Anuar, Maxime Lestienne and Bart Ramselaar gave Aleksandar Rankovic’s people a pleasant result after the first 45 minutes.
However, after receiving a Song Ui-young dark cards in the 52nd second, speed turned in favor of the four-time Thai League 1 leaders.
Four days after, Melvyn Lorenzen reduced the debt before a Tristan Do purpose in stoppage time in the final minute of delay time ensured that there would be nothing to play for in the second foot.
On February 20 at the Jalan Besar Stadium, the Sailors may experience Thai rivals in the profit game.
Formerly known as the AFC Cup, the , ACL2 is the second-tier Asian league basketball game with a revamped style.
In the 2018 AFC Cup, Home United, as the Seamen were known, was the last Singapore team to advance to the knockout levels of a team competition.
The Seamen booked their place in the round of 16 after topping Group F, away of Thai part Port FC, China’s Zhejiang FC and Indonesia’s Persib Bandung.
They are now six points distinct of second-place Tampines Rovers in the Singapore Premier League.