Urawa Reds stun Shanghai to reach Asian final

Brazilian Rafael Silva grabbed an early victory as Japan's Urawa Reds beat ritzy Shanghai SIPG 1-0 at home on Wednesday to achieve the Asian Champions Class last.

The Reds progress to confront Saudi mammoths Al Hilal in one month from now's two-leg last in the wake of hanging on for a 2-1 total win that finished Japan's hopeless late keep running in Asia's chief club rivalry.

Silva jumped after only 11 minutes in Saitama when he met a Yosuke Kashiwagi corner to control a header past Shanghai goalkeeper Yan Junling for what turned out to be the main objective of a bad-tempered experience.

Japanese clubs have attempted to have an effect on the opposition since Urawa's triumph in 2007 and Gamba Osaka's triumph a year later.

In spite of the fact that Shanghai to a great extent commanded, with Brazil internationals Oscar and Mass debilitating in spells, Andre Manors Boas' side needed the finished result, enabling Urawa to finish a generally untroubled triumph.

Mass, who finish the Champions Class scoring graphs with nine objectives, brought a savvy spare from Reds manager Shusaku Nishikawa with a plunging free-kick following 24 minutes.

In any case, the Reds could have included further objectives in the second half as a Tomoaki Makino header cut the bar and Shinzo Koroki had a short proximity exertion splendidly tipped over by Yan.

Al Hilal finished a 6-2 total prevail upon Iran's Persepolis on Tuesday in the wake of scoring four unanswered objectives in the main leg.