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Liu Silva (58) and Serginho (70) scored the winning goal for Kashima Antlers.
Persepolis completed the match with 10 men after midfielder Siamak Nemati was sent off in the 90th minute due to a second caution.
The return match between the two teams will take place on Saturday at Azadi Stadium in Tehran.
This is the first time the two teams have qualified for the final, so they hope to win the first title in the history of the tournament, with Urawa Red Diamonds winning last year.
Persepolis began with an aggressive attack in search of the hosts' surprise and almost took advantage in the fourth minute when the ball coming from the right of Ali Alibur hit the ball and hit a balloon that hit Jong Seung-hyun and turned it into a corner.
Iran's attempts continued and Ahmed Noorallah gave a free kick on the left to fool the opposing goalkeeper, but goalkeeper Kwon Sun-Tai pushed the ball into a corner.
The first attempt was made in the 25th minute when Liu Silva sent Yuma Suzuki a long pass to the goal to hit a ball away from the three blocks.
The Japanese team continued to besiege the guests, but underwent a decisive defense, the most important attempts being captured by the head of Hiroki Abe, who died from the post (42).
In the second half, Kashima started with a stronger impetus and had a serious chance in the 48th minute when Brazilian Sergineo put the ball ahead of fellow countryman Liu Silva, but the latter shot without focusing on the crossbar.
Japan's attempts to score the goal in the 58th minute resulted in Liu Silva, who traded the pass with Shoto Yamamoto before pulling off the edge of the pitch to goalkeeper Alireza Piranavand.
The second goal was scored by Brazilian Sergino after an attack by Santo Miso before passing the ball to the right of the penalty area for Serginho to follow the net goal.
Persepolis attempted to attack the attack in the remaining minutes to change the score, but focused on turning the ball in front of the goal and the Japanese out of the penalty area, to keep Kashima Antlers ahead of two goals before the second leg.
Kashima Antlers finished second in Group H with nine points in six games, one point behind South Suwon Bluewings, six points for Australian Sydney and five for Shanghai Shenhua, before winning the 16th round of the Shanghai SIBG. China totaled 4-3 in all rounds and won the quarterfinals of Chinese Tianjin Kuangen 5-0 total games and semifinal Suwon Bluewings 6 to 5 total of two games.
Persepolis, meanwhile, is in third place with 13 points in six games, 12 points for the Qatari team, 10 for Nasaf and none for the United Arab Emirates team. They then won the 16th round of Al-Jazeera on goal difference after drawing 4-4 in both games, In the quarter-finals, Qatar's Al-Dahil won 3-2 overall and semi-final over the playoff by 2-1 in both games.
Words and hopes before the match
The 34-year-old hopes to become the first player to win the title three times after being held twice with Shunbuk Motors in 2006 and 2016.
His opponent, Ali Reza Biranfand, is also one of the most prominent players on his team.
"Suffice it to say that it's the final of the AFC Champions League to understand the importance of this match," said Ivankovic, who is counting on the ############################################################################## Brazilian striker Sergino, who scored in all four games in which he played in the quarter-finals. .
"We know everything about Kashima and he deserves to play in the final, he's a great team in Japan and he has a lot of abilities, their style is different from that of the West Asian teams and we're going to do our best. "
"Our ambition is to win the title, and I have great confidence in the players and in their technical and physical abilities," said Kashima coach Joe Oyawa.
"In 2016, even though we qualified for the final of the FIFA Club World Cup, we competed as the Japanese league champion and not as champions of Asia. We want to qualify for the World Cup as Asian champions, "said Ouyawa of his ambition to compete in the World Cup.
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