Suwon, who fought 10 people, defeated Kobe on a penalty shootout
Professional Football K League 1 Ulsan Hyundai continues its undefeated march with ‘7 consecutive multi-goals’, taking another step toward the top of Asian professional football in 8 years.
Suwon Samsung defeated in a penalty shootout after confronting Vissel Kobe (Japan) until overtime even after 10 fighters.
Ulsan played Junio, who scored two goals in the first half of the 2020 Asian Football Federation (AFC) Champions League (ACL) quarterfinal match against Beijing Guoan (China) at the Al Januv Stadium in Doha, Qatar on the afternoon of the 10th (Korean time). I won 2-0 with the lead.
With this, Ulsan will be able to dream of recapture after eight years since 2012, when it reached the quarterfinals and won the first championship.
In particular, Ulsan was the only team participating in this tournament to record undefeated 8 games (7 wins and 1 draw), raising the expectation of winning.
After gathering in Qatar and restarting the tournament, they marched to win 7 consecutive wins, and continued their unstoppable moves by showing off their’strong firepower’ that scored more than two goals in all 7 games. Ulsan is the first in the history of multi-goal for 7 consecutive games.
Ulsan fights to advance to the finals at the same place on the 13th at 7pm on the 13th with Kobe who beat Suwon as a penalty shootout in the next open game.
Ulsan, who had to be satisfied with the runner-up in the K-League 1 and the Korea Football Association (FA) Cup this year, was pushed back by Jeonbuk Hyundai, and is striving for a’winner’ in this ACL, the last tournament of the season.
Ulsan confronted Beijing by putting Junio at the forefront and placing Lee Geun-ho, Lee Sang-heon, and Lee Cheong-yong in the second line.
Both of Ulsan’s two valid shots recorded by Junio in the first half resulted in a goal.
In the 16th minute of the first half, when Won Doo-jae digs into the right side of the opponent’s penalty area and crosses it, Junio attempts an overhead kick at the door.
However, the ball was hit by the right hand of South Korean national team centre-back Kim Min-jae, playing in Beijing, and was cornered out.
In this competition, video reading (VAR), which began operating in the quarterfinals, broke the joys of both teams. The referee who checked the video himself declared a penalty kick.
Junio, who came out as a kicker, scored the opening goal by sticking it into the right corner of the goal with his right foot in the 21st minute of the first half.
Beijing raised the level of attack to recover.
In the 34th minute of the first half, Ronaldan Viera shot a threatening right-footed shot from the left side of the penalty area, but Ulsan goalkeeper Jo Soo-hyuk threw himself away.
In the first 40 minutes of the first half of the game, Ulsan took out Lee Sang-heon and scored two goals and two assists in the tournament.
Junio cut off the ball from the opponent’s side in the middle of the midfield, and after driving the ball, he shook the net with a thunderbolt right-footed mid-range shot in front of the penalty spot.
In the second half, Beijing’s offensive intensified.
However, Cho Soo-hyuk’s save saved Ulsan’s lead.
In the 7th minute of the second half, Alan Carvalho’s left-footed shot, and 2 minutes later, Henato Augusto’s right-footed mid-range shot was blocked by Cho Soo-hyuk.
In the 14th minute of the second half of Ulsando, Junio’s header after Lee Geun-ho’s cross was caught by the opposing goalkeeper Hou Sun and swallowed up regret.
On the contrary, in the 19th minute of the second half, Viera’s right-footed shot from the front of the penalty struck the goal and swept her chest.
Ulsan later used replacement cards to neutralize Beijing’s general offensive and obtained a ticket to the quarterfinals.
In the face-to-face match with Beijing, he maintained an absolute edge with a five-game victory.
Beijing reached the quarterfinals for the first time ever with 6 wins and 1 draw and undefeated, but Ulsan ended the tournament with their first defeat.
Suwon was inferior in numbers due to Kim Tae-hwan’s exit in the’return match’ with Kobe, which exchanged one win in the group stage, but was defeated by 6-7 in the penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw until the extension was frustrated.
Suwon went ahead 7 minutes in the first half.
From the right side of the penalty area, Park Sang-hyuk ran to the right side of the goal area and put it in the corner of the goal. It is Park Sang-hyuk’s 2nd professional career goal and his first heading goal, which is 165cm tall on the profile of the Korea Professional Football Federation.
However, Suwon’s lead could not cross the first half.
Suwon faced the bad news of Kim Tae-hwan’s departure in the 38th minute of the first half.
Daigo Nishi from Kobe rushes to the gate of Suwon and stumbles at the foot of Tae-hwan Kim, who was catching up.
When Kobe was preparing for a penalty kick, the referee confirmed that a foul had occurred outside the penalty box through the VAR, and then gave a red card to Kim Tae-hwan and declared a free kick. The warning given to Ho-Ik Jang was canceled.
Then, a free kick from Gyogo Furuhashi’s right foot down the defensive wall from the left side of the penalty tie shook Suwon’s net and tied.
Suwon was so publicized that even after entering the second half of the match, 10 fighters did not get votes.
Kobe gradually increased his ball share and pressed Suwon, but did not pay off, and the game was overtime.
Even in the first half of the extension, the ball past Furuhashi’s head hit the goal and Douglas couldn’t save the no-mark chance, and the balance continued.
Kobe’s Andres Iniesta, who injured her right thigh in the round of 16 against Shanghai Sanggang (China), was replaced by 8 minutes in the second half.
Suwon then lamented as Ko Seung-beom’s shot hit the goal, and Kim Gun-hee’s shot was blocked by the goalkeeper.
Even in the penalty shootout, it wasn’t until the 7th kicker was the winner.
Both teams succeeded in reaching the 6th kicker, while Suwon’s 7th kicker Jang Ho-ik’s shot missed the target, while Kobe Fujimoto Noriaki opened the goal and ended the battle.
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