On April 24, Beijing time, in the second leg of the AFC Champions League semifinals, the Japanese team Yokohama Mariners returned to their home stadium to face South Korea's Ulsan Hyundai, leading Ulsan 1-0 in the first leg. In the first half, Yokohama led by three goals, but after Takumi Ueshima sent a red dot package, Ulsan chased two goals in a row, and in the second half, both teams did not make any achievements, and the aggregate score was 3-3 into extra time. In extra time, Ulsan missed the stunner many times and had to go to a penalty shootout. In the penalty shootout, the veteran of the Chinese Super League, Jin Yuyou, lost the 5th round of penalties, and the 10-man Yokohama Mariners won 5-4, with a total score of 8-7 and advanced to the final with the UAE team Ain.
Yokohama Mariners are currently in poor form, falling behind 0-1 in the first leg and winless in their last two matches. Ulsan is heading away with a three-game winning streak on both fronts.
In the 4th minute, Mateus cut into the penalty area on the right side, shook off the defense and shot into the far corner, but the ball grazed the post, of course, Mateus was offside.
In the 8th minute, Asahi Uechu fell to the ground in the penalty area, but the referee did not indicate it, and VAR did not intervene.
In the 13th minute, two defenders of Ulsan made a coordination mistake when clearing the penalty area, and Asahi Uechu took the ball and shot into the far corner from close range, and Yokohama Mariner broke the deadlock, 1-0, and the overall score was tied 1-1.
In the 16th minute, Sakakihara received a cross from his teammates at the front of the penalty area, and pushed the ball with a kick, and the ball was slightly above the crossbar.
In the 19th minute, Ulsan escaped, and Cho Hyun-woo made a wonderful save to resolve a dangerous situation in front of the goal.
In the 20th minute, López received a through plug from Mateus near the penalty spot, turned and shot low, and the ball drilled into the dead corner, Yokohama took a 2-0 lead and overtook 2-1 on aggregate.
In the 27th minute, Elber received a ball from Lopes at the edge of the penalty area and fired a long-range shot against the post.
In the 30th minute, Asahi Uechu received the ball from his teammates at the edge of the penalty area, turned around and shot a world wave, and Yokohama took a 3-0 lead and the overall score was 3-1.
In the 35th minute, Ulsan took a corner kick from the right side, Matthews grabbed the landing point in front of the point and hit the goal with a header from a small angle, Pope couldn't save, and Ulsan pulled back 1 goal, with a total score of 2-3.
In the 39th minute, Takumi Ueshima fouled handball in the penalty area and ate the red dot package, Bojanic took the penalty and hit it easily, and Ulsan chased another goal, 2-3, and the total score became 3-3.
In first-half stoppage time, Lee Dong-hyung hit the crossbar from a distance, and Yokohama Mariners led 3-2 into the second half.
In the 47th minute, Xue Yingyou broke through to the right side of the inverted triangle pass near the bottom line, and Bojanic inserted a push into the dead corner to score, but because Ludwigssen interfered with Pope in an offside position in front of the goal, the goal was cancelled after VAR intervened.
In the 53rd minute, Lee Myung-jae received a corner kick from the front of the penalty area and volleyed, and the ball grazed the post.
In the 56th minute, Lee Dong-hyung and Bojanic kicked the wall in a one-two, and volleyed from close range from a small angle, which was miraculously saved by Pope.
In the 64th minute, Mateus scored a goal, but the offside was invalidated for the first goal.
In the 82nd minute, Martin's header in front of goal was fed to Ludwigssen, who missed an empty goal from close range.
In the 87th minute, Kim Woo's tackle in front of the goal was blocked by the post, and Ulsan missed the stunner.
In the ensuing game, both teams did not achieve anything, and the aggregate score went into extra time with a score of 3-3.
In the 92nd minute, Kim Young-kwon shot from the edge of the penalty area, and Pope flew with one palm to lift the ball out of the bottom line.
In the 108th minute, Kota Mizunuma shot from close range in front of the goal, Zhao Hyun-woo made a magical save and blocked the ball from the bottom line.
In the 114th minute, Kelvin's volley from inside the penalty area was saved by Pope and hit the post, and Yokohama escaped.
In the 116th minute, Kim Woo's killer ball was blown off. In the ensuing game, both teams did not achieve anything, and the aggregate score was 3-3 to enter the penalty shootout.
In the penalty shootout, Ulsan took the first penalty, Martin hit it easily, and Lopes also hit it easily, 1-1, 4-4 on aggregate.
In the second round, Kelvin hit easily, and Hirota Mizunuma also hit, 2-2, 5-5 overall.
In the 3rd round, Ko Seung-bum also hit, and Ken Matsubara deceived Cho Hyun-woo to hit, 3-3, with a total score of 6-6.
In the 4th round, although Li Qinglong's ball was touched by Pope, it still got into the net, and Jun Amano faced the old master and hit it, 4-4, with a total score of 7-7.
In the 5th round, Kim Woo took the penalty for a long-distance run, but was saved by Pope, and Yokohama was hit by Eduardo, 5-4, with a total score of 8-7 and advanced to the risk.
Yokohama Mariners line-up: 42-Pope; 27-Ken Matsubara, 4-Makinosuke Hatanaka, 2-Katsuya Nagado (105 mins 40-Jun Amano), 15-Takumi Uejima (39' red card), 29-Minami Tae-hee (46 mins 28-Riku Yamane), 7-Elber (46 mins 5-Eduardo), 20-Jan Mateus (81 mins 23-Ryo Miyaichi), 14-Asahi Uenaka (63 mins 16-Ren Kato), 35-Sakakihara Keigo (81 mins 18-Hirota Mizunuma), 11- López
Ulsan Hyundai lineup: 21-Cho Hyun-woo, 19-Kim Young-kwon, 20-Hwang Seok-ho, 13-Lee Myung-jae, 66-Xue Young-woo, 95-Matthews (82 mins 7-Ko Seung-beom), 14-Lee Dong-hyung (69 mins 27-Lee Qingyong), 17-Ludwigssen (97 mins 97-Kelvin), 24-Lee Kyung-sung (33 mins 8-Bojanic), 18-Joo Min-gyu (69 mins 9-Adam), 11-Yim Won-shang (82 mins 25-Kim Woo)