In the 2022 AFC Champions League play-offs, the 37-year-old Iniesta scored in the opening 6 minutes, and The Big Forced Yong also scored a double in 7 minutes, Rincon scored in extra time, and finally Kobe Victory Ship beat Melbourne Victory 4-3, thrilling to advance to the AFC Champions League main tournament, and Shanghai Harbor's last opponent in the AFC Champions League group stage of the season was released.
This 4-3 kick out of the God script, there were 4 big reversals. Kobe Victory took a 1-0 lead with Iniesta's 6-minute blitzkrieg in the opening six minutes. However, he was then scored two goals in a row by the opposing Australian striker D'Agostino, and kobe Victory ship fell behind 1-2 in an instant. Daisuke also scored two goals in 7 minutes in the 80th and 87th minutes, and Kobe Victory Sail reversed the score 3-2, and finally conceded the goal in the 90th minute, and the two sides made it 3-3 into extra time. In extra time, Rincon scored the winning goal in the 95th minute, and in the end, Kobe Victory Ship eliminated Melbourne Victory 4-3 to advance to the AFC Champions League.
This is the second time in the history of the Kobe Victory Fleet that they have reached the AFC Champions League. They were 3rd in the J-League last season, but because Urawa Red Diamonds, who are ranked 6th, won the Emperor's Cup and went straight to the AFC Champions League, Victory Kobe could only participate in the AFC Champions League play-offs.
This is the second time in the history of the Kobe Victory Fleet to participate in the AFC Champions League, and the last time they played in the AFC Champions League was in the 2020 season, when they reached the top four of their first AFC Champions League.
Victory Kobe advanced to Shanghai Harbour 2-0 in the round of 16 of the 2020 AFC Champions League, and now they are in the same group as Shanghai Harbour in the AFC Champions League group stage.