On May 11, Beijing time, the first leg of the AFC Champions League final was fiercely contested, and the winner of the East Asian zone, Yokohama Marino, sat at home to welcome the challenge of the winner of the West Asian zone, Al Ain. Previously, the Yokohama Mariners had 1 AFC Champions League final experience, but it has been 34 years since the Mariners were still called Nissan Motors, and finally lost to Liaoning Dongyao and were runners-up; Al Ain has three AFC Champions League finals, beating BEC Tailu Sasana to win the championship in his first AFC Champions League final in '03, and the second AFC Champions League trophy in the team's history in '05 and '16 ended in failure, losing to Etihad and Jeonbuk Hyundai respectively.
Yokohama Mariner - Al Ain
The two sides played very cautiously at the beginning, and the scene was slightly boring. However, Ain's sudden force surprised the sailors, and in the 12th minute, Ain launched a strong hand throwing surprise attack on the sideline ball at the back, and the top scorer of the AFC Champions League, Rahimi, cleverly poked the ball forward and began to sprint with all his might, staged a corner overtaking, broke into the penalty area with the ball, and was saved in the face of the attacking Pope, and Abbas followed up with a follow-up shot to help Ain gain a one-goal advantage against the host.
The trailing Mariners controlled the tempo and patiently organized the attack, but there was little threat, but it was Ain's switching attack that almost extended the advantage, and in the 25th minute, Palacios volleyed from a tight angle and made a save for Pope to be blown offside. At the end of the half, the Mariners played a delicate match in the frontcourt, facing most of the empty goal, Nam Tae-hee's unmarked push into the far corner was too much to pursue the angle and slide the goal. At half-time, the Mariners trailed Ain 0-1.
Entering the second half, the Mariners continued to attack Al Ain "pressing", and finally in the 71st minute, Mateus cut horizontally to the right side of the penalty area to pick up the goal, the defenders were not tight, and the unmarked Uechu Asahi jumped high and shook his head to equalize. Then the two sides who were dissatisfied with the draw faced each other, and in the 84th minute, Mateus took the ball from the right side and passed to the back point, and the substitute Ryo Miyaichi volleyed in front of the goal, and the substitute Shota Watanabe outflanked the cushion and scored to complete the quasi-kill, and Colwill was really a god change.
In the remainder of the match, the lagging Al Ain was under firepower but difficult to find a good chance against the airtight sailors, and finally the Yokohama Mariners defeated Al Ain 2-1 to take the lead in the two-legged final showdown. Argentine legend Crespo coached Al Ain's AFC Champions League final debut unfortunately overturned, but Crespo still has a chance to prove that he can lead the team to a comeback, and the two sides will move to Al Ain's home stadium at 23 o'clock on May 25 for the second leg of the match.
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