Albirex Niigata (S) booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Singapore Cup on Wednesday after cruising to a 3-0 first-round win over Svay Rieng.

Kazuya Okazaki handed the White Swans the lead at the Jalan Besar Stadium after just nine minutes when he lined up a freekick on the right, and curled in an effort deceived opposition keeper Sar Sophea and sailed all the way into the far corner.

Eight minutes before halftime, they doubled their lead when Okazaki pounced on a dreadful goalkick by Sophea and crossed into the box; James Adekunle making another horrific error as he completely miskicked his attempted clearance to leave Kazuki Sakamoto the simplest of tap-ins at the far post.

And in the 61st minute, Albirex sealed their progress and condemned their Cambodian opponents to an opening-round exit as Fukuzaki, on as a halftime substitute, pounced on a clearance on the edge of the box and drilled home his side’s third into the bottom corner.

Svay Rieng: Sar Sophea, Samoeun Pidor (Hoy Phallin 61’), James Adekunle, Soeuy Visal, Nen Sothearoth, Razaqnofi Nofiu (Moung Makara 71’), Prak Mony Udom (Chea Samnang 51’), Soun Veasna, Phanny I Ratha, Nub Tola, Dzarma Bata.

Albirex Niigata (S): Kazuki Kishigami, Kento Fujihara, Taiyo Nishida, Soichiro Tanaka, Itsuki Yamada, Koki Akasaka (Ikuma Osaka 73’), Kosuke Matsuda, Keisuke Ota, Kazuya Okazaki (Kazuya Fukuzaki 46’), Kento Nagasaki, Kazuki Sakamoto (Niji Sasadaira 83’).