AFC Champions League Elite final: Japanese team with school coach to cap remarkable journey

Japan’s Machida Zelvia shared their clubhouse with senior citizens doing fitness classes less than a decade ago.

Now they are one win away from being Asian champions.
The team from the Tokyo suburbs will look to complete their remarkable transformation from non-league nobodies to continental conquerors when they face Saudi Arabia’s defending champions Al-Ahli in the Asian Champions League final on Saturday in Jeddah.
Machida are making their debut in Asia’s top club competition and were playing...