The first matchday of the second round of the AFC Champions League East Asian group stage ended, with Chinese Super League teams Guangzhou Evergrande and Shandong Taishan continuing to suffer a crushing defeat. Of course, this round of South Korean K League teams is also not happy, unexpectedly, the same day collectively lost to the Southeast Asian League team, by the Korean media called "shame day".
Sending a young squad to let the Chinese Super League team be humiliated by the AFC Champions League opponents consecutively, Guangzhou Evergrande 0-5 and 0-8, Shandong Taishan 0-7 and 0-5, Guangzhou Evergrande set the record for the biggest loss score of the Chinese Super League team in the AFC Champions League.
When South Korean fans ridiculed the consecutive fiasco of Chinese Super League teams, South Korean teams also lost face in the AFC Champions League.
In the first round, the Daegu FC defeated Shandong Taishan 7-0 and suffered a 0-3 defeat against Singapore League team Lion City Mariners. This score is very unexpected, Daegu FC has participated in the AFC Champions League several times, and the Lion City Mariners are participating in the AFC Champions League for the first time.
At the same time as Daegu FC's crushing defeat, Ulsan Hyundai and Jeonnam Tenryu also lost to the Southeast Asian League team. As the second winner of the AFC Champions League, Ulsan Hyundai lost 1-2 to Malaysian team Johor Bahru, which was another big upset.
Jeonnam Tianlong, who played later, directly defeated Thai side Baton United 0-2. On the same matchday, 3 K-League teams collectively lost to Southeast Asian teams, and the Korean media was shocked, believing that it was the shame day of the Korean Football League.
In other words, in the history of the AFC Champions League, the Korean K-League team is the league that has won the most championships, and has won 6 championships since the reform of the AFC Champions League, and has a strong competitiveness in the AFC Champions League all year round, and now the collective loss to the Southeast Asian League team is indeed a big surprise.
Another South Korean K-League team, Jeonbuk Hyundai, drew 0-0 with Sydney FC in the first round, also underperformed. Today, Jeonbuk Hyundai will play against Japanese team Yokohama Mariners, and I am afraid it will be difficult to win.
For Guangzhou Evergrande and Shandong Taishan, the group opponents have Southeast Asian League teams, Guangzhou Evergrande has lost 0-5 to Johor Bahru, and then Shandong Taishan will face the Lion City Mariners on April 21, a fiasco is inevitable.