UAE Al Ain defeats Yokohama to win ACL for the first time in 21 years… Park Yongwoo full time
Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where former national team midfielder Park Yong-woo plays, has reached the top of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League (ACL) for the first time in 21 years.
As Al Ain defeated Yokohama Marinos (Japan) 5-1 in the home game of the second leg of the 2023-2024 ACL finals held at Hazza bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain, UAE on the 26th (Korean time). 바카라사이트
Al Ain, which lost 1-2 in the first away game held in Yokohama on the 11th, won the championship with a total score of 6-3.
Al Ain, who won the ACL trophy for the first time in 21 years since 2003, achieved its second win.
Yokohama, who defeated Korea’s Ulsan HD in the semifinals of this tournament and advanced to the ACL final for the second time following the 1989-1990 season (runner-up), was unable to achieve its dream of becoming the first Asian champion.
This year’s ACL winner’s prize money is $4 million (about 5.47 billion won), and the runner-up prize is $2 million.
Al Ain and Yokohama had players from the Korean national team, so their performances also attracted attention.
Al Ain’s Park Yong-woo played full time on this day as well as in the first game, contributing to the comeback victory.
Yokohama’s Nam Tae-hee, who started in the first game, was not included in the roster today.
Al Ain, who started the second game with a one-goal disadvantage, had Soufian Rahimi score in the 8th minute to balance the total score, and then turned the tide with a penalty kick goal in the 33rd minute of the first half.
When Rahimi stretched out his feet to win the ball inside the penalty area, Yokohama defender Shinnosuke Hatanaka kicked his leg and knocked him down.
The referee’s on-field review pointed out that a penalty kick was declared, and kicker Alejandro Romero succeeded.
Yokohama scored a goal in the 40th minute of the first half when Jan Matheus took advantage of an opponent’s mistake to tie the score at 3-3, but goalkeeper William Pope’s sending off in extra time in the first half became a major variable that decided the game.
Pope received a red card for tripping Rahimi, who had a golden opportunity to score after receiving a through pass from a teammate, at the penalty arc.