Our Aussies managers in Japan hardly had the start they were hoping for on the first day of the season, while a Socceroos is finally making a start for his UK-based club.
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In the Asian Champions League Brad Jones played a full game as Al Nassr got their first win in the group stage beating Al Ain 2-1 away from home. Ange Postecoglou's Yokohama F Marinos smashed Sydney FC 4-0 at home.
In the J-League Peter Cklamovski's Shimisu S-Pulse led 1-0 but were beaten 3-1 at home to FC Tokyo. Postecoglou didn't have much luck kicking off his title defence either, losing 2-1 at home to Gamba Osaka.
Mitchell Langerak played 90 minutes as Nagoya earned a point with a 1-1 draw against Vegalta and Thomas Deng will have to wait for his Urawa Red Diamonds debut who was absent in their 3-2 win over Shonan Bellmare.
In Qatar Shane Lowry scored for Al Ahli in a 1-1 draw with Al Gharafa while Isaias Sanchez played in Al Wakrah's 1-0 loss to Al Duhail.
In Saudi Arabia Craig Goodwin played 90 minutes for Al Wehda, losing 2-0, while Brad Jones was invovled in another 2-0 win over Al Hazm.
In India Erik Paartalu was a 68th minute sub for Bengaluru while David Williams played 90 minutes for ATK as both sides played out a 2-2 draw.
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