AFC Champions League Two
The win means Port stayed perfect with two wins as they gear up for the rescheduled match against Lion City Sailors FC on Wednesday that could have huge bearing on their knockout stage hopes.
#ACLTwo | Group F: Port FC (THA) 1-0 Zhejiang FC (CHN)
“One of the factors for the win is the team mentality which helped today,” said Rangsan. “We wanted to control the load of the players as we have another important match on Sunday (against Muangthong United in the Thai League 1).
“Today's victory is a great start in a very important week where we have Muangthong on Sunday then Lion City on Wednesday. We have to do our homework and make sure we get our analysis right.”
The only goal came in the 69th minute after good work between Sittha Boonlha and Kevin Deeromram on the left created the opportunity for Felipe Amorim to score the winner.
Defeat at Pathum Thani Stadium left Zhejiang three points adrift of Port and one behind Lion City.
Head coach Jordi Vinyals felt his side deserved to get something out of the game and the Spaniard said Zhejiang will work hard to ensure they do not suffer the same fate when they host Port on November 7.
“We played a complete match because we did a good defensive job,” said Vinyals. “Also we had many chances to score, more than the opponents.
“They scored one goal but we should have scored in the first half and I think a draw would have been a fairer result. Now we have to prepare for the next one.”
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