Kashima breaks the Bank

BANGKOK - Kashima Antlers kicked off their challenge for this season's AFC Champions League title with a 9-1 thrashing of Thailand's Krung Thai Bank on Wednesday. Yuzo Tashiro, Marquinhos and Takuya Nozawa all scored twice for the J.League champions as they made an emphatic statement of their intent in Group F of this year's continental championship. Tashiro opened the scoring with just 16 minutes on the clock when he had time and space in the Krung Thai Bank penalty area to chest down the ball before slotting past Klisana Klunklin. Five minutes later Daiki Iwamasa doubled Antlers' lead when he strode into the penalty area unmarked to head Mitsuo Ogasawara's header home as Kashima overpowered the Thais. The game was all but over as a contest with 10 minutes remaining of the first half when Nozawa volleyed home Marquinhos' lay-off from just outside the penalty area, beating the goalkeeper to his left. Kashima extended their lead two minutes after the restart when Marquinhos tore down the left before lifting the ball over the keeper. But while Supachai Komslip cleared off the line, Takeshi Aoki followed up to score. Tashiro claimed his second of the game three minutes later when he was put in on goal and, although Klisana saved the striker's first attempt, he slotted home the rebound. Kassim Kone reduced Kashima's lead in the 64th minute when he rose highest to head home from six yards out but just five minutes later Antlers had restored their five-goal cushion when Marquinhos muscled his way through to goal. The former JEF United Chiba, Yokohama F Marinos and Shimizu S-Pulse striker then claimed his second of the game just two minutes later when he again used his strength to evade the home defence before rolling the ball over the line. And just another two minutes had passed when substitute Ryuta Sasaki slotted home from close range after Klisana spilled Nozawa's initial shot. With time running out the scoring looked to be complete, but with the game in injury time Nozawa claimed his second of the match when he strolled in to push the ball over the line with barely seconds remaining.

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