Urawa Red Diamonds coach Maciej Skorza admitted he had to sacrifice his football principals to secure their third Asian Champions League title with victory over defending champions Al-Hilal on Saturday.
Official statistics recorded Urawa failed to register a single shot on target over the 90 minutes of the second leg and had less then 30% possession but still won - both on the night and on aggregate - through Andre Carrillo's own goal.
"Keeping compact, with good organisation in defence was our target," Skorza said of his tactical approach. "From the first minute we didn't need to play a very risky game. Generally our target was to win this trophy. That was our target. He has led the team to sixth in the current J.League standings with Urawa showing signs of playing a more attacking style of football in the domestic set-up after a disappointing season last year under former coach Ricardo Rodriguez.
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