In the second round of the AFC Champions League, Evergrande and Taishan once again lost a big score, which made Chinese fans very disappointed. However, due to the limited strength, the loss of the two teams in the Chinese Super League can be said to be not surprising. In fact, the biggest loser in this round of the AFC Champions League is not the Chinese Super League, but the K League, because all three teams they have played in have lost, and all of them have lost to the traditional Southeast Asian fish belly team in the past, which will undoubtedly shock South Korea.
In this season's AFC Champions League group stage, South Korea has four teams participating, namely Ulsan Hyundai, Jeonbuk Hyundai, Jeonnam Tenryu and Daegu FC. In the previous first round, Ulsan drew 1-1 with Kawasaki, Jeonbuk drew 0-0 with Sydney, Daegu beat Evergrande 5-0, and Jeonnam beat The Philippines 1-0 against Liancheng. Four teams played, with a record of 2 wins and 2 draws, and the first round performance of the Korean team can be said to be very good. But they didn't expect the second round of the game, but they encountered Waterloo.
The First South Korean team to play in this round is Daegu FC, and their opponent is the Lion City Mariners from Singapore. In this campaign, Daegu sent the same starting lineup as the first round against Tarzan. It can be seen that Daegu did not have the intention of releasing water, or wanted to defeat the opponent to win 2 consecutive wins, but the result was a big blow to them.
In the 20th minute of the first half, Song Yiyong's header was the first to break the deadlock for the Lions. In the second half, Lopez and Enrique scored two more goals to win 3-0 over Daegu. Due to the loss, Daegu player Hong Zhe even made a pedaling action and was sent off by the referee ZhiHong. Facing Southeast Asian teams, Daegu really lost and lost.
Next up is Jeonnam Draco, whose opponent is Thai side Baton United. In the first round, Baton United once drew 1-1 with Melbourne City, showing a certain strength. However, in the face of Jeonnam, batum United is still at a disadvantage. However, the final result was that Baton United won 2-0 over Jeonnam with two goals from Patun Bang and Bai Su Win in the second half. At the same time as losing, he was also kept clean sheet by the Thai team, and the Jeonnam players lost depressed.
The last to appear was Ulsan, whose opponents in this round were Johor of Malaysia. In the first round, Johor once beat Evergrande 5-0. However, because Evergrande sent a second team, the gold content of Johor's first victory was not high, and perhaps because of this, the Ulsan team had a light enemy.
Just three minutes into the first half, Frestieri blitzed a goal and a world wave woke up the Ulsan players. In the second half, Ulsan equalized by Yan Yuanshang. But in the last minute, the first match against Evergrande hat-wearing Bergson staged a deadly kill, helping the team to finally beat the opponent 2-1 and win two consecutive victories in the AFC Champions League.
That is to say, except for Jeonbuk, which has not yet appeared in the second round, the other three korean teams have all lost, and they have lost to Southeast Asian teams in shame. The cliff-like decline of the Chinese Super League and the rapid rise of Southeast Asian teams also herald the beginning of a great change in Asian football.
For Evergrande, the next step is really dangerous. In the 3rd and 4th rounds, with their backs to back against Ulsan, who lost 1 and drew 1 in the first 2 rounds and played very stubbornly, the tragedy will be inevitable.