AFC Women's Champions League
Goals from Uetsuji Yumi and Jesica Alaniz gave the Chinese Taipei team a perfect start to their campaign.
Kaohsiung struck in the seventh minute when Chen Jin-Wen’s lofted pass found an unmarked Yumi in the centre of the box, who coolly slipped the ball past an outstretched Jaqueline Catano.
A series of good build-ups by both sides failed to end with the desired outcome, with Catano forced to pull off a fine save in the 35th minute from Alaniz’s close-range effort.
Kaohsiung dominated possession, but poor finishing saw them troop off the pitch at half time hanging on to their one goal lead.
Kaohsiung, however, doubled their lead three minutes into the second half when Alaniz outpaced her marker to lob home a pass from Nao Tsukamoto.
They almost got their third in the 50th minute when a cut-back from Tsukamoto found Liang Kai-Jou, who saw her powerful effort palmed away by Catano.
The RTC keeper was in action again after Huang Ke-Sin was brought down in the 55th minute by Yeshey Bidha, with Catano diving to the right to keep out Yumi’s subsequent penalty.
RTC threw everything at the Kaohsiung defence in the last 20 minutes, but a stout defence saw their attacks sputter out before they could trouble keeper Yoshimi Miki.
Ceci Camas almost had the final say for Kaohsiung in the 89th minute, only to see her shot roll agonisingly past the left post.
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