On the evening of December 12, Beijing time, the final round of the AFC Champions League group stage continued, and Melbourne City sat at home to face the Zhejiang team.
In the last round of matches, the large-scale clash between Buriram United and Zhejiang team after the match attracted attention. The AFC's double standard punishment has also caused dissatisfaction among many Zhejiang fans.
In the first 5 rounds, the Zhejiang team won 2 wins and 3 losses, temporarily finishing at the bottom of the group. However, the situation in this group is the most chaotic, with leaders Kofu Fenglin and Melbourne City both on 8 points, and Buriram United and Zhejiang both on 6 points. All four teams have the possibility of qualifying, and they also have the possibility of being eliminated.
Of course, the situation of the Zhejiang team is the most dangerous, there is no hope of winning the first place in the group, even if this game wins and gets 9 points, it is necessary to hope that the other 9-point second-place teams in the East Asian region will lose all the big scores, so as to hope to qualify for the best three groups in 3rd.
In this game, the Zhejiang team continued to receive special care from the referee. After 35 minutes of the first half, Melbourne City committed 7 fouls and 0 yellow cards. Zhejiang committed 3 fouls and received 3 yellow cards.
Mushekwe was pulled down from behind by his opponent on the counter-attack, and a common foul. Mushekwe made the same move near midfield but was booked. Mu Xie Kui spread his hands to complain to the referee, and the coaching staff of the Zhejiang team also expressed their dissatisfaction on the sidelines, but to no avail.
In the 34th minute, Patrice Evra burst into the penalty area, found a gap in the face of two defenders and quickly got up, and the goalkeeper confiscated the ball, which was already the best chance for both teams to score in the first half combined.
At half-time, the two teams had a 6-4 shot ratio and the score was 0-0.
Just six minutes into the second half, Melbourne City scored a goal that was whistled for a foul.
Three minutes later, the Zhejiang team's gate was lost again, the loophole in the middle of the penalty area was caught, and Arslan scored easily.
In the 73rd minute, Gaudi confronted in the penalty area, Polytitis fell to the ground, and the referee decisively awarded a penalty, and the players and coaches of the Zhejiang team laughed angrily. Previously, Mushekwe fell to the ground in the penalty area in the same situation, and the referee did not say anything. Fortunately, the referee looked back at the VAR and cancelled the penalty.
For the remainder of the game, neither team found the back of the net.
In the 99th minute, Li Titian took a corner kick, and Mushekwe's header equalized.
In the end, Zhejiang team won 1-1 away from Melbourne City, with 2 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses and 7 points in the group stage, ranking the bottom two.