AFC Champions League Group G Spotlight: Taishan's 2-0 comeback away to Incheon United, Wang Dalei seals the deal
AFC Champions League Group G Spotlight: Taishan's 2-0 comeback away to Incheon United, Wang Dalei seals the deal
On the night of October 25th, Beijing time, the third round of Group G of the AFC Champions League ushered in a key battle. Shandong Taishan cleanly beat Incheon United 2-0 on the road, realizing their second victory in this season's AFC Champions League and jumping to the top of the group table. In this crucial matchup, goals from Klassen and Fellaini were instrumental, while goalkeeper Wang Dalei's solid performance was the cornerstone of Taishan's victory.
However, in the first half of the game, Taishan was once in a passive situation. Wang Dalei, as the Great Wall of the team's defense, made a number of miraculous saves. Only 4 minutes into the game, Incheon United used a set piece to create a threat, but the high quality shot was miraculously deflected by Wang Dalei, and the Korean players looked incredibly frustrated in the face of this unbelievable scene.
In the 38th minute, Incheon United's Jung Dong-yun threatened again, but Wang Dare once again blocked his shot.
Cressan broke the deadlock in the 63rd minute of the second half before Incheon United launched a fierce counter-attack, but Mugosa's wraparound shot from the penalty area was once again deflected by Wang Dalei.
The game went into the end, in the 90th minute, Incheon United foreigner's a long free kick heavy shot was parried by Wang Dalei, and then the opponent's supplemental shot was also deflected. In the end, Wang Dalei managed to help Taishan realize a shutout against Incheon United on the road.
According to the post-match statistics, Wang Dalei completed four saves in the match, two of which were successful. He scored 7.7 points on the authoritative scoring website sofascore, second only to Cressan's 8.2 points and equal to goal hero Fellaini. With Wang Dalei in such good form, it's no wonder there are growing calls for him to be in the national team.
Meanwhile, the Chinese men's soccer team's main goalkeeper Yan Junling has not been in good shape lately, and a mistake in the last round of the Chinese Super League match has made the road to the championship for Guoan a tortuous one. Against this backdrop, national soccer team head coach Jankovic may really need to activate Wang Dalei's "Thunder" in the Round of 36 matches against South Korea and Thailand.
