The opponent conceded two empty goals in stoppage time, Three Towns drew Pohang at home, and the AFC Champions League was eliminated at the bottom
In the final round of the AFC Champions League group stage, Three Towns played Pohang Steelers at home, and after 90 minutes of fierce battle, the three games were tied 1-1 with the opponent. Although the opponent wasted two empty chances in a row in the final moments, he still came out of the bottom of the competition in three games. As a new student in the AFC Champions League, the performance of Three Towns did not meet expectations, but there are still a lot of gains.
Before this round of matches, Three Towns were beaten by Urawa Red Diamonds away from home and had already been eliminated by one round earlier. This time, facing Pohang, who qualified ahead of schedule, at home, the biggest goal is to win and draw a relatively successful end to this year.
Three Towns didn't do badly, even when they were in the lead, they were tied by their opponents. Moreover, the opponent also wasted an empty goal and a single knife in injury time, but after the draw against Urawa in the first round and the draw against Pohang in the final round, it can already satisfy the fans at the scene.
As a first-year student in the AFC Champions League, Three Towns needs to summarize well, and now it seems that they have "gains":
1. If the AFC Champions League wants to maintain the lower limit, the basis is the home field.
The overall development speed of Asian football is very fast, and Southeast Asian teams such as Hanoi, Kaya and Buriram United have already had combat effectiveness at home. In the group of Three Towns, Hanoi won the final round of the home game against Urawa and sent the opponent out of the tournament directly, and also defeated Three Towns. In the case of all away defeats, the three towns got 1 win and 2 draws at home, and it is also worthy of recognition to be able to draw with the strong opponents of Japan and South Korea.
2. The three towns must strengthen organizational discipline management.
Three Towns are not without a chance of qualifying, and if they can hold on to the situation when they lead Hanoi 1-0 and take away the three points, they can also fight Urawa and Pohang in the final round. But what was the immediate cause of the loss?
It is undeniable that Wei Shihao still has good strength today, but over the years, he has been like a child who has not grown up, constantly making trouble at critical moments. This kind of player not only needs to be managed and beaten, but also cannot make him the tactical core of the team, only the tactical puzzle piece.
3. The Chinese Super League team lacks competitiveness in the AFC Champions League.
Although Taishan performed well in the AFC Champions League, the Harbour play-offs lost at home to Southeast Asian teams, and Zhejiang and Three Towns lost their chances of promotion ahead of schedule, which is a direct manifestation of the weakness of the Chinese Super League team in the AFC Champions League.
Because of the epidemic for three years, the Chinese Super League team missed the opportunity for the first team to play in the AFC Champions League and needed to re-adapt to the rhythm of the AFC Champions League. Moreover, in the post-Jinyuan era of the Chinese Super League team, after the quality of foreign aid declined, local players were not available, and if they wanted to perform in the AFC Champions League, they could only spell the word first, and they had to make a better strategic layout.