On the evening of April 18, Beijing time, in the second round of the AFC Champions League East Asian group stage, three South Korean teams collectively overturned on the same night, and this round could only rely on Jeonbuk Hyundai to earn face for Korean football.
At 19:00, Jeonnam Tenryu lost 0-2 to Baton United, while Daegu FC was beaten 3-0 by lion city mariners, and the two South Korean teams swallowed a net of 5 eggs.
Jeonnam Tenryu and Daegu FC were final opponents in last season's Korean FA Cup, and in the end, K2 league side Jeonnam Tenryu defeated Daegu FC in two legs with an away goal advantage to compete in this season's AFC Champions League as the winner of the Korean FA Cup.
In the first round of the AFC Champions League group stage, Jeonnam Tianlong and Daegu FC defeated Liancheng FC 1-0 and Swept Shandong Taishan 7-0 respectively to win a clean sheet. Unexpectedly, they were also synchronized in the second round, but this time they were losing with a clean sheet by the opponent. Daegu FC was swept 3-0 by the AFC Champions League new Lion City mariners, arguably the biggest underdog in the AFC Champions League this season. The team from Singapore was beaten 4-1 by Urawa Red Diamonds in its debut in the AFC Champions League, and did not expect to be able to defeat South Korea's K-United runner-up Daegu FC 3-0 in the second round.
At 10:00 pm, Ulsan Hyundai 1-2 Johor Bahru
Three hours after Jeonnam Tenryu and Daegu FC swallowed 5 eggs, K League runner-up Ulsan Hyundai also broke out a big upset, they were beaten 2-1 by Malaysian team Johor Bahru, becoming the first team in South Korea to lose to Johor Bahru.
Ulsan Hyundai gave a gift in the first round due to a mistake by South Korean goalkeeper Cho Hyun-woo, and was completed by Kawasaki Forward in the 94th minute to complete the whistle to draw 1-1, and the 3 points were changed to 1 point. Now, they are facing the weaker opponent in the group, Johor Bahru, and are killed by the opponent in the dominant situation, scoring only 1 point in the opening two rounds, and can only rank 3rd in the group. Ulsan Hyundai will face Guangzhou, who only swallowed 13 eggs in the first two rounds, in the next round, and it is estimated that they will have to brush the goal difference on Guangzhou.
In the second round of the AFC Champions League East Asia, only Jeonbuk Hyundai was left with four Korean teams.
As K-League champions, Jeonbuk Hyundai were forced to draw 0-0 by Sydney FC in the first round of the AFC Champions League, and in the second round they will face J-League runners-up Yokohama Mariners. With three South Korean teams losing en masse, Jeonbuk Hyundai became the last hope of the South Korean team in this round, and it is not known whether they can save a face for Korean football in this round.