On April 17, Beijing time, in the first leg of the AFC Champions League semifinals, the South Korean team Ulsan HD sat at home to face the Japanese team Yokohama Marinos. In the first half, Cho Hyun-woo made a number of wonderful saves, Lee Dong-hyung gave Ulsan HD the lead, and in the second half, Choo Min-gyu and Lee Dong-hyung both hit the post, and finally Ulsan HD won 1-0 at home to take the initiative, and the second leg was moved to the home stadium of Yokohama Mariners.
Ulsan HD have recently found their form in Han K, winning two in a row and going 14 consecutive home games unbeaten across the season. Yokohama Mariner are unbeaten in the last 4 J-League rounds, and have won 4 and lost 1 in the last 5 games when they are away.
Just 2 minutes into the opening game, Yokohama Mariner took advantage of a corner kick to create danger, Takumi Ueshima's header was blocked, and Asahi Uenaka's shot from a small angle was blocked again.
In the 9th minute, after Miyaichi Liang got rid of the defense at the front of the penalty area, Gao Chengfan's body refracted in a long-range shot, but fortunately, Zhao Xianyu played well and flew to save the ball.
In the 11th minute, Yokohama Mariner took a corner kick from the right side, and Makinosuke Hatanaka headed the ball slightly off target.
In the 12th minute, Yan Yuan went forward and teamed up with his teammates to kick the wall twice and formed a single knife, but he made a mistake in the face of Pope and missed a good opportunity to shoot.
In the 18th minute, Lee Myung-jae crossed a low flat ball from the left, Zhou Min-gyu turned his back to the front of the penalty area near the penalty spot, Lee Dong-kyung inserted a push into the dead corner and scored, Ulsan HD broke the deadlock, 1-0.
In the 26th minute, Jan Mateus shot from the edge of the penalty area after deducting the defense of two defenders in a row, although the ball went straight to the corner, Cho Hyun-woo flew to save the ball.
In the 31st minute, Ken Matsubara opened up the defense at the edge of the penalty area, and the final long-range shot failed to suppress the ball and hit it high.
In the 42nd minute, Yokohama Mariner won a free kick at the edge of the penalty area, and Jan Mateus took the penalty, but failed to hold the ball down and flew it directly.
At the end of the first half, Ulsan led Yokohama 1-0.
In the 46th minute, Ryo Miyaichi forced a breakthrough on the left side and crossed to the front point, and Jun Amano's volley was blocked by the Ulsan defender with his body.
In the 50th minute, Ulsan made a long pass in the backfield, Ko Seung-beom's header ferried, and Zhou Mingui took the ball and shot directly, but Pope returned to the defense in time and flew to save the ball.
In the 60th minute, Lopes took the ball in the penalty area and turned around, and the final sweeping shot failed to suppress and fly.
In the 67th minute, Ko Seung-beom won the counter-snatch in the penalty area and gave the ball to Zhou Mingui, who deducted the defense and volleyed at the neutral post from close range, and Yokohama escaped.
In the 68th minute, Lee Dong-hyung fired a low shot from the edge of the penalty area, and the ball was saved by Pope and hit the far post.
In the 79th minute, Yokohama Mariner won a free kick at the edge of the penalty area, and Jun Amano took the penalty, but kicked the ball directly away.
In the ensuing match, both teams were scoreless, and Ulsan took a 1-0 lead in the first leg.
Ulsan HD lineup: 21-Cho Hyun-woo, 19-Kim Young-kwon, 20-Hwang Seok-ho, 13-Lee Myung-jae, 66-Xue Young-woo, 14-Lee Dong-hyung (69 mins 22-Kim Min-hyuk), 11-Yim Won-sang (82 mins 27-Lee Qingyong), 24-Lee Kyung-sung, 7-Ko Seung-beom (69 mins 95-Matthews), 17-Ludwigssen, 18-Joo Min-gyu (34' yellow card 89 mins 97-Kelvin)
Yokohama Mariners lineup: 42-Pope; 27-Ken Matsubara, 4-Makinosuke Hatanaka, 15-Takumi Uejima (73 mins 25-Umi Yoshio), 39-Taiki Watanabe, 40-Jun Amano, 14-Asahi Uechu (73 mins 29-Minami Tae-hee), 35-Keigo Sakakihara, 23-Ryo Miyaichi (64 mins 17-Kenta Inoue), 11-López, 20-Jan Mateus