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Kitchee played the final 20 minutes with 10 men after captain Ruslan Mingazow was shown a second yellow card for handling the ball inside the box.
Kitchee made the more purposeful start, with Everton Camargo blazing his effort from outside the box over the bar in the third minute following a set-piece situation before Koldo Obieta saw his attempt blocked following Ruslan Mingazow’s delivery moments later.
The Hong Kong, China side continued to threaten with Víctor Camarasa firing narrowly wide from distance four minutes later before Dudu headed the Spaniard’s corner over the bar in the 20th minute.
Gangwon gradually began to impose themselves and forced goalkeeper Pong Cheuk Hei into a save in the 23rd minute to keep out Choe Ji-nam’s header following Lee Yong-jae’s lay-off.
Pong was called into action again two minutes later, this time diving low to his left to deny Lee Yong-jae’s effort from outside the box as the Korea Republic side began to build pressure.
Kitchee went close to breaking the deadlock in the 37th minute when Callum Beattie picked out Mingazow in the centre of the box, but the midfielder steered his header narrowly wide.
Gangwon responded two minutes later, Kang Yun-gu releasing Yoo Byung-heon on the right side of the box, only for the defender to drag his effort just wide of the left post.
ACL2 - Group H: Kitchee SC (HKG) v Gangwon FC (KOR)
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Gangwon almost broke the deadlock in the 49th minute when Kim Tae-hwan teed up Lee Yong-jae, whose left-footed effort from outside the box was kept out by Pong with the ball crashing against the left post before Kitchee scrambled it to safety.
Kitchee responded four minutes later, Victor Camarasa’s delivery from a set-piece finding Marcao Santos in the centre of the box but the defender’s header sailed narrowly over the bar.
The Hong Kong side, however, were reduced to 10 men in the 70th minute when Mingazow was shown a second yellow card for handling the ball in a goal scoring opportunity.
Gangwon pushed forward in search of the winner against their depleted opponents but Kitchee stood firm under the late pressure to preserve the stalemate.
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