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Urawa Reds defeated SIPG 1-0 in Shanghai on Wednesday to win a 2-1 win and booked a meeting with Al Hilal in the AFC Champions League final.
Rafael Silva headed the 11th goal in the 11th semi-finals of the second pillar at the Saitama Stadium in 2002 as the only goal of a tight competition.
J.League's Urawa side will try to catch his second AFC Champion League after failing to score the final result of the 2007 contest.
Their opponents will be the two-legged Asian Al Hilal players who saw Persepolis 6-2 on the aggregate one day before to progress to the second tenth in the last four years.
After six minutes, visitors enjoyed the first clear goal after Wu Lei won Hulk's free-kick and slipped into the hands of Urawa goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa.
Shanghai made the most of the previous run, but hosts first hit, Rafael Silva climbs head to head home at Yosuke Kashiwagi's in-swinging corner at 11 minutes.
The goal was triggered by the dominance of Urawa, and Kashiwagi did not get a clear shot in close proximity to a slick counterattack just over 60 seconds after the opening.
Five minutes later, Yuki Muto pulled in close proximity, and the attacker found an unmarked cross in the middle of the box at Wataru Endo, just to keep his head away from the spot.
Shanghai hit the pressure period that ended in half, Hulk tested Nishikawa with a free-kick from the long range, then set Odila Ahmed to see his shot from the top of the penalty area with four minutes left in the clock.
The opposing supporters chanted their pass to one of the goalkeeper in good shape, but Tomoaki Makino narrowly missed the free kick opportunity 55 minutes into the match.
Shinzo Koroki also came in close with his header in 68 minutes, climbing over the defensive line in Shanghai to attract good luck from Yan Junling.
Ultimately, however, Rafael Silva's intervention proved to be crucial, as the attention turned to the next two-legged final.
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