Urawa Reds' flame continues to burn brightly in the Asian Champions League after they reached the semifinals on Wednesday but Kawasaki Frontale's hopes of progressing were extinguished after a penalty shootout defeat to Sepahan.
Kawasaki dominated for 120 minutes at Todoroki Stadium but it was eliminated after going down 5-4 in the shootout to the Iranian Hazfi Cup holders after the tie finished goal less over two legs.
Urawa marched on after knocking out holders Chonbuk Motors, a 2-0 win in South Korea giving the reigning J. League champions a 4-1 aggregate victory.
Urawa's reward is an appointment with either South Korea's Seongnam Ilhwa or last year's runnerup Al Karama of Syria, who play later Wednesday.