The second leg of the AFC Champions League knockout round 1 8 finals officially started, and Shandong Taishan was a guest in Japan against Kawasaki Frontale, a strong opponent in the league. The first leg of the two sides Taishan team lost 2-3 at home, so this second leg for the Taishan team became a game with no way out, only to win the opponent, and the goal difference is greater than 1 goal to advance, this is not only the Taishan team's backwater, but also the Chinese Super League's backwater. It can be said that the whole Chinese Super League is paying attention to this game, and the Taishan team does not represent itself, but the entire Chinese Super League and the entire Chinese football.
First of all, let's look at the starting line-up of the Taishan team, foreign players Cressan, Kazaishvili, and Judson started the three, Pato sat on the bench, and the naturalized striker Fernando, who performed well in the first leg, sat on the bench. The rest of the positions are Xie Wenneng, Peng Xinli, and Li Yuan.
1. Zheng Zheng formed the midfield, Shi Ke, Gao Zhunyi and Liu Yang partnered with Jia Desong to guard the back, and the goalkeeper was Wang Dalei. Choi Kang-hee absorbed the problem of defensive mistakes in the first leg, allowing Zheng Zheng to advance to the midfield position, and Shi Ke replaced him as the starting central defender.
After the start of the game, Kawasaki Frontale gradually controlled the rhythm of the game by virtue of home advantage, but the counterattack of the Taishan team was more threatening, and Kaza, Judson and Xie Wen were able to score in succession in the opening six minutes. In the 8th minute of the game, the Taishan team made a dream start, Li Yuanyi stole the ball from the Kawasaki Frontale goalkeeper in the front, counterattacked on the spot and crossed the goal, Cressan followed up with a header to score, and the Taishan team led 1-0 and equalized 3-3 on aggregate. In the 25th minute, Kawasaki Frontale's corner kick mistake was broken, and Gao Zhunyi made a long-distance run to receive Kaza's accurate diagonal pass and then rushed to the goal, and the Taishan team overtook 4-3 on aggregate.
However, only 5 minutes later, Kawasaki Frontale came back to his senses and fought back, Kawasaki Frontale also played a quick counterattack, Yuki Yamamoto sent a straight stopper, Miura Sata successfully countered offside, burst into the penalty area and volleyed from a small angle, and the total score of the two sides came to 4-4. The first half was very open and there were some mistakes, especially the two mistakes of Kawasaki Frontale, which were very fatal, and we also took advantage of the opportunity sent by the opponent to score two goals.
In the second half, the Taishan team successively replaced Fernando and Pato in an attempt to strengthen the attack, but in the 59th minute, the Taishan team conceded the goal again. Kawasaki Frontale crossed from the right, the central defender was taken away, the Kawasaki Frontale player hit the post unmarked, and then Erison scored with an empty goal, and the Tarzan team was overtaken by the opponent 4-5 on aggregate. In the 73rd minute, Cressan cut inside on the left side and hit the corner of the goal, and the Taishan team equalized again with a total score of 5-5. In the 97th minute of stoppage time, Judson stopped the ball on his chest and held the defender, calmly scored a hook shot, defeated Kawasaki Frontale, and completed a shocking reversal with a total score of 6-5 to advance to the top 8 of the AFC Champions League.