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#ACLElite | Kyoto Sanga F.C. (JPN) 1-0 Ratchaburi FC (THA)

MD2: Kyoto Sanga FC (JPN) 1-0 Ratchaburi FC (THA)

Kameoka: A late Temma Matsuda goal earned Kyoto Sanga FC a 1-0 win against Ratchaburi FC in their AFC Champions League Elite 2026/27™ contest on Tuesday.
The substitute smashed home the winner with minutes to spare as the J League 1 side bounced back from their Matchday One defeat to Daejeon Hana Citizen FC of Korea Republic while Thailand’s Ratchaburi remained pointless after two matches.
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Kyoto nearly got off to a great start when Marco Tulio received the ball on the edge of the box seconds after kick-off and fired a shot aimed towards the top corner, drawing a fantastic save from Kampon Phatomakkakul.

Tulio then threaded Everton through in the box and again Kampon came up with a good block, with a Ratchaburi counter attack in the sixth minute then seeing Tsilavina Njiva slipping Bruno Mendes in for a pot-shot that was parried by Halls.
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The chances, however, dried up at both ends for the remainder of the first half which was marked by injuries on both sides with Ren Kato replaced by Ryuma Nakano for the home team while Pablo Insua hobbled off for the visitors with Daniel Ting brought on in his place.

Kyoto forward Thiago did not reappear for the second half after being unable to recover from a heavy knock he suffered towards the end of the first half with his change for Shimpei Fukuoka further robbing the game of the flow it had at the start of the match.

MD2: Kyoto Sanga FC (JPN) v Ratchaburi FC (THA)

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It wasn’t until the 68th minute that the second period witnessed its first big chance as Fukuoka picked out Nakano’s run into the box with the latter forcing a reflex save from Kampon.

A short corner in the 82nd minute for Ratchaburi worked the ball to Roque Mesa who shifted away from his marker before firing a low shot that Halls read all the way.
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The game called for a moment of quality and it came for Kyoto in the 88th minute, Haruki Arai delivered the perfect cross from the left flank for Matsuda to finish on the half-volley past Kampon for the winner.

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