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Asian Football Recap: 17th to February 23rd

Here are the topics of conversation from another busy week of the AFC campaign (AFC) of the Asia Football Confederation (AFC), including the latest edition of the New Zealand derby.

Moreno Hattrick helps Auckland to expand the A-League advantage

Auckland FC extended his leadership in Australia's A-League to eight points with a 6-1 struggle by Wellington Phoenix when Adelaide United lost 3-0 against Western United.

Neyder Moreno achieved a hat trick, while Logan Rogerson added a clip when Auckland came to her 12th victory of the campaign.

The goals of Noah Botic, Hiroshi Ibusuki and Riku Danzaki gave Western United a 3-0 victory against Adelaide, who moved to third place with the fourth victory in Melbourne.

Gustavo Double helps Shanghai Port to win the start in CSL

The Chinese champion of Super League, Shanghai Port, started defending her title on Sunday when Kevin Muscat's team Shenzhen Peng City defeated 3-1.

Matheus Jussa presented Shanghai in the third minute before Gustavo doubled the lead, and while Matt Orr retired for the visitors, Gustavo's interruption-time play sealed the points.

Beijing Guoan defeated Yunnan Yukun 2-0, while for Shanghai Shenhua against Changchun Yatai and Chengdu Rongcheng against the former master Wuhan there was also three cities.

Shimizu leads the early J-League rating with the victory against Niigata

Shimizu S-Pulses defeated Albirex Niigata 2-0 to maintain their start of the win in the J League season, while Sanfreecce Hiroshima and Shonan Bellmare also scored their second victories of the campaign.

Hiroshima, second place last season, defeated Yokohama F Marinos 1-0 on Sunday, while Shonan scored a 2-1 win against Cerezo Osaka the day before.

The defending champion Vissel Kobe stays winlos and collects a second point of the season with a 2-2 draw against Nagoya Grampus.

Perfect Daegu FC Take two points ahead in South Korea

Daegu ended Suwon 3-1 at home on Saturday to open a two-point gap in the K-League and to stay the only team with a perfect record after two games.

Bruno Lamas' penalty put the hosts in the lead before Lee Yong and Caio Marcelo's own destination scored 3-0. Suwon withdrew one in added time.

Jeonbuk Motors have four points after they were kept 2-2 by Gwangju. After her 2-0 victory over Daejeon Citizen, the master Ulsan HD is one of seven clubs with three points.

The United Arab Emirates start the Asian Cup final in 2031

The Football Association of the United Arab Emirates announced on Friday that he submitted an offer on Friday after the organized organized organized organized organized organized organized organized organized organized organized organized organized organized manner.

The two latest tournaments were also played in the Middle East, with Qatar organizing and winning the 2023 edition -while Saudi Arabia is supposed to organize the 2027 final.

Bergwijn hits twice to move al-ittihad seven points clearly

Al-Ortihad defeated the defending champion Al-Hilal 4-1 on Saturday to postpone seven points at the top of the Saudi Pro League.