SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Gyeongnam FC earned its first win in the Asian Champions League on Wednesday, defeating defending champion Kashima Antlers 1-0.
Takahiro Kunimoto, a Japanese playmaker, scored the lone goal for the visitors in the 63rd minute.
The win moved Gyeongnam up to five points in Group E but the team is still in third place, two points behind Kashima.
The top two teams from each of the eight groups advance to the knockout stage.
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Group G
Jeonbuk Motors stayed at the top of Group G with a 2-1 victory over Japanese club Urawa Reds.
The K-League team, which won the continental title in 2006 and 2016, got goals from Brazilian playmaker Ricardo Lopes and South Korea striker Kim Shin-wook. Shinzo Koroki scored for Urawa.
Jeonbuk leads the group with nine points, while Urawa is third with four.
In the other group match, Beijing Guoan beat Thai champion Buriram United 2-0 to take over second place with seven points.
Brazil international Renato Augusto scored the first goal and then set up Ba Dun for the second.
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