We are building up to the Pohang Steelers vs Kawasaki Frontale AFC Champions League Elite game which is scheduled to start shortly, and the players are in.
Here is the starting XI for Pohang Steelers which has been officially confirmed as:
Pohang Steelers
Wanderson
Aspropotamitis, J
Hong, Y
Hwang, I
Eo, J
Jeon, M
Tae-seok, L
Kim, J
Alionço, O
Rocha, J
Teixeira, J
The team sheet line-up for Kawasaki Frontale has also been confirmed as follows:
Kawasaki Frontale
Louis Yamaguchi #98
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Asahi Sasaki #5
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kawagoe, Japan
Sota Miura #13
Defender
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Kota Takai #2
Defender
Height: 1.92m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 20
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Yokohama, Japan
Yuichi Maruyama #35
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 35
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Kento Tachibanada #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.68m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kirishima City, Japan
Yuki Yamamoto #77
Midfielder
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 64kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Yasuto Wakizaka #14
Midfielder
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Yokohama, Japan
Tatsuya Ito
Forward
Height: 1.63m
Weight: 58kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Marcio Augusto da Silva Barbosa #23
Also known as Marcinho
Forward
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Shin Yamada #20
Forward
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
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