Losing to the main force of Ulsan Hyundai, Evergrande can be said to be not unexpected. However, Evergrande's performance in the first 45 minutes was still surprising and showed great progress, which is obviously the result that fans are willing to see.
In the 3rd round of AFC Champions League Group I, Evergrande faced Ulsan Hyundai. Previously, before the game, Evergrande was at the bottom of the ranking group with two consecutive defeats, and Ulsan had not tasted a victory in one draw and one loss, so in this campaign against Evergrande, they pressed Evergrande to carry out half-court offensive and defensive drills as soon as they opened. However, Evergrande was prepared for this game, and the whole team did not panic like the previous two games.
In the 19th minute, Ulsan quickly counterattacked, and He Lipan made two consecutive saves to defuse the opponent's two chances to score. In the 27th minute, Ulsan's free kick opportunity, Costa's left-footed world wave broke the goal, He Lipan could not do anything, can only watch the ball into the net. 0-1, Evergrande conceded the ball.
After losing this ball, Evergrande still did not panic and was very calm. In the face of the opponent's strong attack, Evergrande's 5-back air defense system in this field was very successful, which greatly limited the breakthrough of the opponent's middle road and the cross of the wing. The commentator on duty praised He Lifan's performance, bluntly saying that the latter was the player who grew the most in this tournament.
At the end of the 45-minute game, although Evergrande fell behind 0-1, its defensive performance was eye-catching. The commentator also said: This half game is Evergrande's best half in this AFC Champions League.
At the beginning of the second half of the game, Ulsan changed 2 people in a row, obviously dissatisfied with the performance of the first half of the game, Evergrande also made a substitution, replacing Guo Shuai with striker Ye Guochen, obviously having more ideas about the game. In the second half, Ulsan clearly stepped up his attack against Evergrande on the right side, repeatedly crossing from the left side by cooperating with the side, but the Evergrande defender showed calmness and repeatedly defused the opponent's threat attack.
In the 52nd minute, Ulsan attacked from the left, Li Qinglong inverted the triangle, Costa pushed the shot, and was blocked by Evergrande defender Yang Xin's goal line. A minute later, He Lipan saved Kim Young-kwon's shot inside the penalty area. In the 55th minute, Yin Rilu shot a kick in the penalty area, and his teammate Costa was very disappointed and sighed.
In the 56th minute, Ulsan's cross from lee ching-yong on the left was met by Park Joong-yong, who had played in Premier League giants Arsenal, volleyed inside the penalty area to extend the score to 2-0. It can be seen that the Evergrande defender made a serious mistake in the process of conceding the goal, taking it for granted that the ball was out of bounds and leaking the most threatening player in the penalty area.
After 60 minutes of the game, Ulsan has completely replaced his main squad. In the 67th minute, Ulsan's left corner kick was released, the player's heel was pointed forward, and Yoon Il-ri wrapped up in front of the goal and easily broke the goal. 0-3, Evergrande's defeat has been decided. It also means that they have set another 1 humiliating record: nine consecutive defeats in the AFC Champions League. This is the longest losing streak in the history of the AFC Champions League. Previously, Vietnamese Long An suffered eight consecutive defeats between 2006 and 2007.