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Julio Cesar’s goal five minutes into the match and a tightly-marshaled defence earned the Indonesia side an emphatic start to their campaign.
The vocal home crowd was silenced as early as the fifth minute when Persib defender Julio Cesar side-footed the ball in from an acute angle on the left past Kang Hyeon-mu following a Marc Klok corner.
The Indonesia Super League champions - the last team to confirm their group stage spot - dominated and only allowed Seoul to make their first attempt at goal in the 17th minute via Lee Han-do, who blasted over from 35 yards.
Ragnar Oratmangoen skewed his drive from outside the area past the left post of the Seoul goal in the 28th minute while at the opposing end, keeper Teja Paku Alam was forced to punch out a dangerously inswinging corner by Park Jang Han-yeol.
The custodian then pushed away Jeong Hyeon-woo’s stinging shot in the 34th minute while midfielder Adam Alos came to Persib’s rescue shortly after when he cleared the Seoul striker’s header on the line.
Group E: FC Seoul (KOR) v Persib Bandung (INA)
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Leonardo Ruiz sparked the visitors’s search for an equaliser three minutes after the break when his first-time effort was parried away by Teja Paku, who then denied consecutive headers by Moon Seon-min and substitute Yazan Al Arab in the 62nd minute.
Klok had a glorious chance to double the Indonesian outfit’s lead four minutes later, the Persib captain intercepting a pass by Jung Ha-won just outside the area but dragging his shot to the left with only Kang to beat.
Seoul threw everything they had at the Persib defence but Igor Tolic’s side weathered the storm to take the win.
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