Soccer Football - Asian Champions League - Final - First Leg - Kashima Antlers v Persepolis FC - Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima, Japan - November 3, 2018 Kashima Antlers' Leo Silva celebrates scoring their first goal with team mates REUTERS/Toru Hanai
KASHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Brazilian duo Leo Silva and Serginho scored to ensure Kashima Antlers take a two-goal advantage into the second leg of the Asian Champions League final next week following their 2-0 victory over Iran's Persepolis on Saturday.
Antlers, who are looking to win the continental title for the first time, took the lead two minutes before the hour mark when Leo Silva picked the ball up on the edge of the area before firing a low left-foot shot into the bottom corner of Alireza Beiranvand's goal.
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