AFC Champions League Two
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Despite the 0-1 defeat in the second leg against Sydney FC, the Lion City Sailors around Lennart Thy reached the final of the AFC Champions League Two. The first leg was won 2-0. This is the first time in the history of Asian club football, a club from Singapore achieved a final on a large continental level. Joe Lolley scored the only goal of the game in the 85th minute. At the club led by Alexander Baumjohann from Australia, Anas Ouahim was a German player on the bench, Thy stood in the starting XI.
In the final on May 18 in Singapore, Lion City Sailors meets Sharjah FC from the United Arab Emirates. The second in the table of the UAE Pro League spectacularly prevailed against the Saudi club Al-Taawoun despite a 0-1 aftermath defeat with a last minute victory (2-0)-and thus celebrates the greatest success of the club’s history. For 93 minutes, the Emiratis were on the end of the end before a dramatic double strike by Ousmane Camara (90.+4) and Firas Ben Larbi (90.+9) turned the game in the very last second. Previously, reaching the quarterfinal in the AFC Champions League was the highest international performance of the club.