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#ACLTwo | Group E: FC Seoul (KOR) 3 - 0 The Cong - Viettel FC (VIE)

Group E: FC Seoul (KOR) 3-0 The Cong - Viettel FC (VIE)

Seoul: FC Seoul strengthened their bid for a place in the next stage of the AFC Champions League Two 2026/27™ after defeating The Cong - Viettel FC 3-0 in their Group E clash on Wednesday.
The win kept Seoul in second spot, three points ahead of Australia’s Melbourne Victory with two more rounds of matches to be played. Indonesia’s Persib Bandung, who have confirmed their Round of 16 spot, lead with 12 points.
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The Korea Republic champions had the brighter start  with Hwang Do-yun just a fraction late in the fifth minute to connect to Anderson’s inviting cross.
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Seoul spurned another chance in the 18th minute as Viettel struggled to clear the ball inside their own penalty box but Leonardo Ruiz dragged his effort wide after being closed down by goalkeeper Lawrence Caruso.

At the other end, a scramble in Seoul’s box saw the ball arriving at the feet of Junior Brandao, with the striker’s attempt drawing a point-blank save from Baek Jong-bum.

Group E: FC Seoul (KOR) v The Cong - Viettel FC (VIE)

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The open game continued with Cho Young-wook heading Anderson’s free-kick over before the Brazilian smashed a long range effort that sailed just over in the early minutes of the second half.
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Viettel were also carving out chances as Nguyen Hoang Khanh slipped Lucas Ribamar through on the hour-mark but his toepoke was covered by Baek, who diverted the ball out for a corner kick.

The deadlock was finally broken in the 68th minute when Son Jeong-beom threaded a pass for Moon Seon-min to bend past Caruso, repeating his feat of scoring the opener in last week’s reverse fixture.
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Anderson made the points safe for Seoul in the 79th minute, turning home a rebound after Pham Trung Hieu had blocked Patryk Klimala’s initial effort with Lucas Araujo’s miscued clearance landing in his own net 11 minutes later compounding the Vietnamese side’s misery. 

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