0-1, Evergrande did not accidentally lose in the face of the strongest team in the K League, but compared to the previous two games, Evergrande's progress in this game is still quite obvious, at least on the field to dare to do action, defense is not flustered, even if the defense is passive, it still maintains a good defensive formation and position. A set-piece ball conceded, and even confirmed the success of Evergrande's defense from the side.
In the third round of AFC Champions League Group I, Evergrande (Guangzhou team) faced Ulsan Hyundai. Previously, Evergrande was 0-5 Johor and 0-8 Kawasaki, while Ulsan was 1-1 Kawasaki and 1-2 Johor. Due to the upset defeat to Johor, Ulsan sent a strong lineup at the beginning of the game, with Yoon Il-roo, Kim Young-kwon, Park Joo-yong and other main players all starting, and Evergrande sending almost the same start as the previous two games.
Due to the huge gap in strength between the two sides, the scene was one-sided at the beginning of the game, and Ulsan used the advantage of strength to conduct a half-court offensive and defensive drill. In the 15th minute, Evergrande instigated a wonderful attack, the midfielder passed through the crotch and was divided to the left side, Ning Haoxu used the speed advantage to pass the cross of the opposing defender, and was released by the defender. Two minutes later, Ulsan's left corner kick was fired, and the Evergrande defender blocked the ball out of the bottom line with two consecutive blocks.
In the 19th minute, the Ulsan team quickly counterattacked, He Lipan reacted very quickly to save the opponent's single knife, and then immediately got up and saved the opponent's header to make up for the shot. For He Lipan's outstanding performance, the commentator on duty praised: 21-year-old He Lipan showed the performance of a top goalkeeper.
In the first 25 minutes, although Evergrande was passive, it defused the opponent's many threatening attacks, forcing the opponent to attack a little impatiently, and had to start shooting long-range. You know, the current Ulsan Hyundai, although the performance in the AFC Champions League is not good, but in the K League is not bad, currently 7 wins and 2 draws ranked first in the standings, which shows its good strength.
In the 27th minute, Ulsan's free-kick opportunity, Costa left foot a world wave, the ball directly into the top right corner of the goal, the previous performance of Ho Li Pan can not do anything, can only watch the ball into the net. 0-1, Evergrande finally conceded the ball, and even so, being able to tangle with K League number one Ulsan until 27 minutes before conceding the ball has shown great progress.