If it was more of a shame to face Yokohama at home last time (too many wasted chances), this battle was just a bit hopeless and breathless.
Mateusz retired with an injury and Katsuya Nagasaki was red-carded at the start of the second half. As a result, Shandong virtually abandoned the martial arts in Yokohama, far from reflecting a numerical advantage on the pitch.
The whole team's "walking" offense, with one outrageous shot after another, was repeatedly countered by Yokohama's quality counterattacks. In the end, even Wang Dalei, who has been shining time and time again, had a hard time stopping Lopez's overhead kicks.
The overall rhythm of Shandong Taishan's offense in the second half was basically the same as the national soccer team's if they switched to a red jersey...
Against the two Japanese teams, highly regarded South Korean coach Choi Kang-hee had very different clinical performances.
In particular, this game replaced the "tainted player", Wu Xinghan before the state in the Central League is extremely poor, not only let the team lost the ball, defensive leakage led to teammates were red card penalty...
He made two appearances in this year's AFC Champions League, the last one stopping 20 meters to give away a corner + miss... How hard is it to get this kind of relationship?
After the game, Wu Xinghan was also unsurprisingly swarmed by fans, alas... Why didn't Chen Pu switch on to score?
Despite the stoppage, Shandong still tied the best record in the AFC Champions League, as the only child of the Super League, especially the explosion of the last round of away reversal of Kawasaki.
Realistically speaking, in terms of the current overall situation, we are a far cry from Japan, both in terms of clubs and national teams.
I just don't know when China's next top four in the AFC Champions League will come... (the last one being Evergrande in 2019).
