At 22:00 Beijing time on April 18, the second round of the AFC Champions League group stage Group I, Bengerson scored 80 minutes, and Malaysian champion Johor Bahru defeated K-League runner-up Ulsan Hyundai 2-1 to win two consecutive wins.
In terms of overall strength, the weakest opponent in guangzhou's group is definitely Johor Bahru, after all, the other two opponents, Kawasaki Striker and Ulsan Hyundai, are the J-League champions and K-League runners-up respectively.
For Malaysian champions Johor Bahru, this is only their third time in the AFC Champions League. In the 2019 season for the first time in the AFC Champions League, they were double-killed by Shandong Taishan and were eliminated from the bottom of the group; and last season, they were double-killed by two Japanese and Korean teams Nagoya Whale Hachi and Pohang Iron, and finally finished out in the second-to-last group.
Previously, Johor Bahru faced Gyeongnam FC with a draw and a loss in two legs of the 2019 season, and was double-killed by Pohang Ironman in the 2021 season. Before facing Ulsan Hyundai, they have not won a single victory against Korean teams in 4 times.
On this night, Johor Bahru made history by beating Ulsan Hyundai 2-1 and finally winning a victory over the South Korean team. It was also the first time in their team history that they had won two consecutive games in the AFC Champions League, after winning just one of their previous two AFC Champions League group stages.
After this round, johor Bahru, the big dark horse, unexpectedly overwhelmed Kawasaki Striker and Ulsan Hyundai and continued to rank first in the group.
Ulsan Hyundai and Kawasaki Striker drew 1-1 in the first round, and after being beaten 2-1 by Johor Bahru in the second round, they remained in third place in the group with just one point in the second round. In the next round, the former AFC Champions League champion is likely to take out the Guangzhou team.