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Ian Chadband

Harry Kewell on brink of 'something special' as coach

Harry Kewell had asked his Yokohama F.Marinos players to summon up the spirit that once enabled him to become a European Champions League winner as a player.

And how they then delivered for their Australian boss to now give him the chance of unprecedented glory as a champion coach in Asia.

"We've given ourselves a wonderful opportunity to do something special for this club," boomed Kewell on Wednesday night in Yokohama, after the Japanese giants, reduced to 10 men and hanging on, somehow eked out a penalty shoot-out win against Ulsan to reach the Asian Champions League final.

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