Melbourne Victory beat FC Seoul 3-0 in Asian Champions League

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 14 Oct, 11:34 · Archive

Melbourne Victory defeated FC Seoul 3-0 in their opening Asian Champions League 2 match.

Melbourne Victory defeated FC Seoul 3-0 at AAMI Park on Wednesday in their opening Asian Champions League 2 (ACL2) match, bouncing back from an Australia Cup defeat to South Melbourne four days earlier.

New signing Guillermo May broke the deadlock just past the hour mark with a deflected shot, before Denis Genreau set up Santos to score ten minutes later. Jordi Valadon added a third to seal the win. Victory had previously drawn 1-1 with Vietnamese side The Cong–Viettel in the competition.

FC Seoul deployed a heavily rotated side for the trip, with coach Kim Gi-Dong leaving several key players at home. First-choice keeper Gu Sung-Yun, defender Kim Jin-Su and leading scorer Patryk Klimala were all absent. Seoul's players including Lee Han-Do, Ahn Jae-Min and Leonardo Ruiz had chances to score but failed to convert them.

Victory fielded close to their strongest eleven. Manager Giovanni Savarese's side will carry the momentum into their opening A-League Men fixture away to Wellington on Sunday.

How it is being reported

• Victory finish strongly to beat FC Seoul in ACL2A goal from new signing Guillermo May has combined with goals from Santos and Jordi Valadon to give Melbourne Victory a comfortable win over FC Seoul.Perth Now · 14 Oct, 11:01
• Victory finish strongly to beat FC Seoul in ACL2A goal from new signing Guillermo May has combined with goals from Santos and Jordi Valadon to give Melbourne Victory a comfortable win over FC Seoul.The West Australian · 14 Oct, 11:01

In this story: Melbourne Victory · FC Seoul · Guillermo May · Giovanni Savarese · AAMI Park

This summary was written by AI from the headlines and standfirsts above, and states as fact only what at least two outlets report. How we use AI · Report a problem