East Asian powerhouses Kawasaki Frontale and Ulsan Hyundai kicked off this season’s AFC Champions League East Zone group stage with a bang as they shared an exciting 1-1 draw at the Larkin Stadium in Johor Bahru on Friday. South Korean side Ulsan had taken the lead in the first half and were set to edge out their Japanese counterparts, only for an injury-time strike from Shintaro Kurumaya to dash the Horang-i’s hopes for three points. Both Kawasaki and Ulsan were touted to go far in this year’s ACL and Friday’s Group I opener was a repeat of last season’s round of 16 match, which saw then-defe…