After hitting the woodwork twice in the early stages of the match, hosts Ulsan opened the scoring through Joo Min-kyu in the 37th minute before the veteran striker doubled their advantage from the penalty spot just before the interval. <\/p>\n
Full-back Seol Young-woo then added a third goal for Ulsan just past the hour mark to seal the victory and put Hong Myung-bo\u2019s side in a commanding position ahead of next week\u2019s return leg in Tokyo. <\/p>\n
The two-time AFC Champions League winners made a bright start to the knockout tie and almost opened the scoring in the ninth minute when Joo\u2019s header from a Lee Myung-jae cross hit the right post of Kohei Kawata\u2019s goal. <\/p>\n
Ventforet then saw two chances fall their way in quick succession in the 12th minute as Adailton first failed to connect with a dangerous ball across the goal from Fabian Gonzalez before the latter got behind the Ulsan backline, but his attempt was denied by goalkeeper Jo Hyeon-woo. <\/p>\n
The woodwork came to the Japanese second division side\u2019s rescue for the second time in the 19th minute as centre-back Hwang Seok-ho expertly picked out Um Won-sang\u2019s run into the box and the winger\u2019s first-time effort rattled the crossbar. <\/p>\n
However, the deadlock was broken in the 37th minute when Ventforet goalkeeper Kawata could only palm Um\u2019s cross as far as 33-year-old Joo who headed the ball back into an unguarded goal to make it 1-0 for the home side.<\/p>\n
The Korean champions then doubled their lead on the stroke of half time as Kim Min-woo won a penalty following a challenge from Kaito Kamiya and Joo sent Kawata the wrong way from the spot to bag his and Ulsan\u2019s second goal of the evening. <\/p>\n
The home side increased their cushion to three goals against the tournament debutants in the 61st minute when right-back Seol ventured forward on a counter attack, played a one-two with Um to get into the box and rolled the ball into the back of the net. <\/p>\n
Peter Utaka came on as a late substitute for Ventforet and was denied by the woodwork in the 81st minute before the 40-year-old Nigerian striker was ruled offside after putting the ball in the back of the net in the 87th minute.<\/p>\n
Yoshiyuki Shinoda\u2019s side now have their work cut out to overturn a three-goal deficit in the second leg of the last 16 tie to be played at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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