On the evening of April 30, Beijing time, the 6th round of the AFC Champions League group stage ended a match, and the Malaysian team Johor Bahru broke out of the big cold, completing the second-reading kill with a 2-1 score, and also sent South Korean powerhouse Ulsan Hyundai out directly. Johor Bahru qualified for the Round of 16 in the final moments, and players, coaches and fans celebrated wildly.
In the opening 5th minute, Argentine foreign defender Velasquez scored directly from a free kick to help Johor Bahru take a 1-0 lead.
In the 6th minute, Jun Amano's low shot from the penalty area went straight to the goal to help Ulsan Hyundai equalize 1-1.
In the final moments of the game, Johor Bahru frantically besieged the modern backline of Ulsan. In the 93rd minute, johor Bahru players knocked the ball across the goal, Park Yong-woo accidentally swung himself around, hit the ball into his own goal, and finally Johor Bahru completed the second-reading seconds to beat Ulsan Hyundai 2-1.
Before the game, Johor Bahru and Ulsan Hyundai both had the same accumulation of 10 points, Johor Bahru relied on the winner-loss relationship to temporarily rank first in the group, Ulsan Hyundai ranked second in the group, Kawasaki Forwards ranked third in the group with 8 points, because the last round won the Guangzhou team, so Johor Bahru must defeat Ulsan Hyundai at home to qualify.
In the end, Johor Bahru did it, creating a miracle in the history of the AFC Champions League. After the victory, Johor Bahru scored 13 points and finally locked in the first place in the group and directly advanced to the round of 16, Kawasaki Forward was promoted to the second place in the group, and Ulsan Hyundai fell to the third place in the group, and teamed up with Guangzhou to get out.
When the South Korean players swung themselves, Johor Bahru players, coaches and fans celebrated wildly, and some players directly shed tears after taking off their jerseys, which was also a tear of joy, because this was the first time that a Malaysian league team qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage, creating the history of the Malaysian league and the history of the AFC Champions League.
In the first 2 seasons, Johor Bahru was only at the AFC Champions League, and now Ulsan Hyundai, which can double-win 2 times in two legs, has indeed exploded a big cold, which also reflects the great progress made by this Malaysian league team.