Urawa Reds mounted a remarkable extra-time comeback against FC Seoul but conceded a last-minute equalizer for a 3-3 draw on aggregate, and were knocked out of the Asian Champions League on penalties 7-6 on Wednesday in a frenetic round-of-16 encounter.
Holding a 1-0 lead from the first leg in Saitama, Urawa, the only team left from Japan, allowed a goal in the first half and another in extra time but Tadanari Lee scored two late goals to make it 2-2 on the night to give the Reds a one-goal lead.
But the 2007 title winners conceded on the last play of extra time. With their away-goal advantage eliminated when the game went to extra time, the late goal meant it would go down to penalties. Reds' fifth-kicker in the shootout, 'keeper Shusaku Nishikawa, saw what would have been a winner saved before Yoshiaki Komai was also denied by Yu Sang-hun at Seoul World Cup Stadium.