No Aussie clubs left in ACL after Melbourne City bundled out on penalties

[p]Thailand's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/buriram-united-f-c/r3QHlQs7/"]Buriram United[/a] joined them in the last eight after squeezing past Australia's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/melbourne-city/OKfoGJBe/"]Melbourne City[/a] 4-2 on penalties after a 0-0 draw.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/machida-koki/QPoL2u5g/"]Machida[/a], who were playing non-league football less than 15 years ago, went through 1-0 on aggregate after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nakamura-hotaka/bkdADBKs/"]Hotaka Nakamura[/a]'s first-half header made the difference.[/p][p]"[b]We were determined to make history for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/machida-zelvia/CUSC1dab/"]Machida[/a],[/b]" said Nakamura.[/p][p]"[b]It was a tough game but we have written a new page for the club. Now we move on to the next stage and we want to show everyone something great.[/b]"[/p][p]The Asian Champions League becomes a single-leg knock-out competition from the quarter-finals onwards, with all games set to be played in Saudi Arabia next month.[/p][p]The Asian Football Confederation last week postponed last-16 matches played by clubs in the Middle East after the US and Israeli strikes on Iran.[/p][embed guid="91d9e4a8-bc5b-4095-ab3e-5b25d1ba985e" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc1fVHbs2t4" social-type="youtube" /][p]Machida and Gangwon kicked off for the second leg of their tie at the Japanese club's homely stadium in the suburbs of Tokyo after a 0-0 draw in South Korea last week.[/p][p]Machida suffered an early blow when Japan international winger [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/soma-yuki/ImC4kgFM/"]Yuki Soma[/a] was forced off with an injury in the 12th minute.[/p][p]His replacement [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/na-sang-ho/2Blk98sh/"]Na Sang-ho[/a] supplied the cross for the winning goal in the 25th minute as Nakamura ran in at the back post to head home.[/p][p]Machida, who had never played in the Japanese first division until 2024, won last season's domestic Emperor's Cup.[/p][p]Buriram came through a tense tie with Melbourne despite losing midfielder [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zulj-robert/UTHdgaQb/"]Robert Zulj[/a] to a red card after just 20 minutes.[/p][p]Goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/etheridge-neil/MJDjwLMN/"]Neil Etheridge[/a] was the hero in the shoot-out, saving twice before Australian [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dougall-kenny/GW5SQx2i/"]Kenny Dougall[/a] slammed home the winning spot kick.[/p][p]The win meant Buriram qualified for the quarter-finals for the second successive season.[/p]