The DPR Korea club went as far as the penultimate stage of the tournament last year, and following their 3-0 win away at Chinese Taipei’s Hang Yuan on Matchday One, they recorded a second successive victory against the visiting Hong Kong Premier League champions.
Kitchee, who suffered a 4-2 defeat in their home opener against countrymen Wofoo Tai Po, had conceded twice by the 50th minute mark a fortnight ago.
And although they managed to keep the scoreline goalless by that same mark in the DPR Korea capital, it was just an additional three minutes needed before 4.25 SC midfielder Ri Hyong-jin opened the scoring.
The 2017 AFC Cup Top Scorer Kim Yu-song then doubled the hosts’ lead just four minutes later and, despite a series of substitutions from both teams thereafter, that is how the scores remained in front of the 3,800 in attendance.
Kitchee SC will now have to hope they can record their first points of the campaign against Hang Yuan at the Mong Kok Stadium on May 1, while 4.25 SC play at the same stadium a day earlier against Wofoo Tai Po, where they will attempt to make it three wins in a row and cement their hold at the top of Group I.
