Al-Nassr of Cristiano Ronaldo was dumped from the Asian Champions League-Elite when the Japanese Kawasaki Frontal spectacular tore the script spectacularly on Wednesday with a 3-2 semi-final victory to reach the continental final for the first time.
The large spending Saudi Pro League team collapsed when Yuto Ozeki and Akihiro Ienaga struck after the degraded attempt by Sadio Mane in the 28th minute had canceled the open Tatsuya Ito for the J-League side.
Aiman ​​Yahya scored from a distance with three minutes left for Al-Nassr to set up a tense finish, but frontal held.
Ronaldo himself had the opportunity to draw at the night level with seconds, but despite the finishing of the keeper, he stumbled at the latter and he was unable to make it dramatic.
Kawasaki will then be confronted with Al-Ahli, another Saudi side with a team full of high-profile foreign internationals, in the final on Saturday with both clubs who want to win their first continental crown.
Underdogs Kawasaki, who needed extra time to beat Qatar's al-Sadd in the quarterfinals on Sunday, made an encouraging start, in which Marcinho Marcelo Brozovic surpasses 35 meters from the goal before he shoots widely.
Four minutes later, the Shigetoshi Hasebe outfit had taken an unexpected lead.
Ozeki's only on the left found Marcinho and after the center of the attacker to the edge of the area was on his way by defender Mohamed Simakan, the unmarked Ito won a first volley in the upper corner to numb the Saudi fans.
Al-Nassr struggled to find their rhythm in the opening phase, a Jhon Duran-shot that flew high and wide after he was fed by Ronaldo in the 18th minute, was a rare view of Stefano Pioli's goal.
That changed when Mane laid the scores, the former Liverpool man who benefited from a slight deflection of the shoulder of Yuichi Maruyama who took his straight foot shot past Kawasaki goalkeeper Louis Yamaguchi.
Ronaldo then rattled the frame of the goal with a header just after sending an overhead effort wide of the target when Al-Nassr started to control the procedure.
But with four minutes left in half, Kawasaki won the lead again due to the stubbornness of ITO, whose determined running the Al-Nassr defense ran restless. While Bento saved the shot from the winger, Ozeki quietly converted the rebound.
The decisive third of Frontale came 14 minutes after the time after Erison drove past the Al-Nassr name rule to set up fellow replacement Ienaga to strike.
Yahya hit Al-Nassr's second in the 87th minute at home before Yamaguchi twice an increasingly desperate Ronaldo in injury time when Kawasaki claimed a famous victory.