Ossie Ardiles: Yokohama a 'wonderful club' but Hernan Crespo can guide Al Ain to ACL title
It was the first major club prize of the new millennium, celebrated in elite football’s easternmost corner. Yokohama F Marinos had just won the J-League title, a league championship that at that time divided into two parts, one for each half of the season. Their head coach acknowledged the applause and immediately declared: “This is just the beginning.”


