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Kitchee hold Cerezo Osaka in AFC Champions League but wait on place in round of 16
- Hong Kong Premier League champions draw 0-0 with J. League side in AFC Champions League bubble in Thailand
- Kitchee’s 11 points could see them through as one of best second-place teams depending on Daegu FC and Gamba Osaka results
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Hong Kong champions Kitchee earned a draw against Japanese side Cerezo Osaka in their final AFC Champions League group game but they will have to wait and see if they go through to the next round.
Alex Chu Chi-kwong’s side needed to beat the J. League outfit to win the group and secure progress to the round of 16 but were left ruing a late Matt Orr chance after holding out against a dominant Cerezo.
The 0-0 draw meant Kitchee finished on 11 points, three points behind group winners Cerezo, and still in with a shout of a place in the knockout stage as one of the three best runners-up.
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A first appearance in the knockouts relies on results in the final games in groups H and I.
Group H winners South Korea’s Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors take on second place Gamba Osaka of Japan later tonight.
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