In the second match of the second leg of the AFC Champions League semifinals that ended on the evening of April 24, Beijing time, Yokohama Mariners, who played less than one man for most of the game, drew 3-3 with Ulsan in regular time at home, and in the penalty shootout, Yokohama Mariner narrowly won 5-4 and advanced to the AFC Champions League final. In this game, the tenacity and tenacity of the Yokohama Mariners players are indeed admirable.
In the first leg, Yokohama Mariner lost 0-1 away and missed the opportunity to advance. However, when they returned to home in the second leg, they got off to a perfect start, with Yokohama Mariners scoring three goals in the 30 minutes of the first half to tie the aggregate score to 3-1.
However, after that, the situation on the field changed dramatically, after the Ulsan team scored in the 35th minute to close the score to 2-3, in the 39th minute, Yokohama Mariner player Takumi Ueshima was punished by the referee for handball "red dot package", just like that, Yokohama Mariner was not only equalized in the total score but also played one less player in the remaining 80 minutes of the game.
Just when everyone thought that the Yokohama Mariners would collapse, they withstood the onslaught of the Ulsan team in the following games. In extra time, the Ulsan team reached the final but was offside. In the penalty shootout, Yokohama Mariner successfully won the key 5th penalty, and in this way, the total score was 8-7 to eliminate the strong opponent and enter the AFC Champions League final.
The data of this game shows that the Ulsan team bombarded 40 shots on goal in this campaign, but still could not advance. Yokohama Marino, on the other hand, scored three goals with five shots on target, which was quite efficient.
Previously, Yokohama Mariners had eliminated the Chinese Super League giants Shandong Taishan in the 1/4 finals. In the second leg of the game, in the second half, the Yokohama Mariners also played one less man, but they also used their technical advantages to withstand the counterattack of the Taishan team, and eliminated Taishan with a total score of 3-1.
Repeatedly in danger but always able to get through, the Yokohama Mariners can be described as a champion. And Taishan's loss to such a resilient team is indeed not a shame, and I can only sigh that the Chinese Super League team is indeed "inferior to others".