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Adding to the 48-year-old head coach’s delight was the manner in which the win - Buriram’s fourth of the campaign - was achieved as the Thai side advanced from the League Stage for the second successive season.
#ACLElite | Buriram United (THA) 2-0 Shanghai Shenhua United FC (CHN)
“It’s a fantastic achievement from the group,” said Jackson. “Very proud to achieve that. What enabled that was the togetherness of the team and the understanding to play how we played.
“We wanted to qualify by playing our style of football and game by game, the players are doing that. That really is the key factor in the victory today.”
“We wanted to qualify by playing our style of football and game by game, the players are doing that. That really is the key factor in the victory today.”
First half goals from Curtis Good and Suphanat Mueanta set the tone for Buriram and the Thai champions never ceded their control throughout.
Shenhua head coach Leonid Slutskiy lamented the inability of his team to manage dead ball situations, while also pointing out to Rafael Ratao’s 33rd minute red card as reasons for the defeat.
Shenhua head coach Leonid Slutskiy lamented the inability of his team to manage dead ball situations, while also pointing out to Rafael Ratao’s 33rd minute red card as reasons for the defeat.
“Unfortunately we lost concentration during set-pieces and it was two key moments,” said Slutskiy. “When we conceded, we also lost concentration and then lost a player to two yellow cards. After that, it was difficult to play so long with one man less.
“Today we played in a new formation but it was only for 25-30 minutes as after Saul got injured, we had to change. Then came the red card, so it’s hard to make any judgement on the tactics today.”
“Today we played in a new formation but it was only for 25-30 minutes as after Saul got injured, we had to change. Then came the red card, so it’s hard to make any judgement on the tactics today.”
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