On the afternoon of April 27, 2022, Beijing time, the fifth round of the AFC Champions League Group I began, Kawasaki Forward VS Ulsan Hyundai. As a result, Ulsan Hyundai took a 2-0 lead in the first half with a shot and a pass from foreign aid Leonardo, and the Kawasaki striker pulled back a goal near the end of the first half. Just after the start of the second half, Leonardo again assisted Kaza isishvili's goal, and the Kawasaki striker scored another goal in stoppage time. In the end, Ulsan Hyundai defeated the Kawasaki striker 3-2. Ulsan Hyundai almost single-handedly broke the Japanese team's defense.
At present, the Kawasaki Forwards are unbeaten in 4 games, 2 wins and 2 draws, and rank first in the group with 8 points, while Ulsan Hyundai is in second place with 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, accumulating 7 points. The third in the group were Johor Bahru and The Chinese Super League team Guangzhou. The two teams met for the first time in the group stage, with Kawasaki Striker drawing 1-1 with Ulsan Hyundai. This round of confrontation is also a key battle for the top spot in the group.
Judging from the starting lineups of both teams, the strongest lineups were sent. After the game began, the Kawasaki forward team had the advantage of pass control, and the Japanese team was shot from a small angle by foreign assistant Marcinho in the first attack, but goalkeeper Cho Hyun-woo played well and saved the ball.
In the 7th minute, South Korean Kim Young-kwon played with fire at the back, and after a pass error, he was cut off by Kawasaki forward Foreign Aid Damien, who unfortunately hit the ball high. In the first 10 minutes, Kawasaki Forward played Ulsan Hyundai without any temper.
However, it was the South Korean team that scored first. In the 13th minute, Ulsan Hyundai attacked the front, and foreign assistant Leonardo used his personal ability to break through to the small penalty area and his shot was blocked by the goalkeeper, and the second shot was scored.
After conceding the goal, the Kawasaki forward team was unable to score points, and also lost the ball, so the game was more anxious. In the 19th minute, the South Korean team went down again, and Leonardo, who had just finished scoring, broke through to the front of the field with the ball, and the ball was given to Yan Yuanshang, who followed up with a goal, and Ulsan Hyundai took a 2-0 lead.
Two minutes later, the Kawasaki striker team encountered a great opportunity, when Marcinho received a "45-degree explosion" from his teammate in front of the goal, the volley kicked too straight after the goal, and the shot that was close at hand was directly confiscated by goalkeeper Cho Hyun-woo, which was a pity that the ball was not scored.
In the 40th minute, the Japanese team finally pulled back a goal, another "45 degree explosion", foreign assistant Marcinho in the small penalty area header crossed, the horse rushed to Damien pad shot to break the goal, Kawasaki forward 1-2 Ulsan Hyundai.
In the second half, the dominant Kawasaki forward team on the scene once again suffered a "first blow", Ulsan Hyundai foreign aid Leonardo high ball assist Kaza Ishvili to form a single knife ball, and finally played the far corner to win, Ulsan Hyundai 3-1 lead.
Since then, as the winner of last season's "Emperor's Cup" and J-League, Kawasaki Forwards, although they have stepped up their attack, have never found the key to "attacking the city", and only in the 91st minute of stoppage time, they scored a goal in front of the goal by foreign aid Damien. In the end, the Kawasaki Strikers lost 2-3 to Ulsan Hyundai, losing their "throne" at the top of the group.
In this game, the Kawasaki forward team also set 2 new humiliating records. First, Ulsan Hyundai holds the record of 7 consecutive defeats to opponents by Kawasaki Forwards since 2018; second, Kawasaki Strikers were born in their first defeat in the AFC Champions League this season, and the last time they lost in the regular season was dated to March 13, 2019, when Ulsan Hyundai defeated them 1-0, and two consecutive defeats in the AFC Champions League were ended by Ulsan Hyundai.