This is the fifth consecutive win in a row. This is the performance of Ulsan HD, the “K-League champion,” in Asia.
Ulsan, led by head coach Kim Pan-gon, lost 1-3 in the fifth round of the 2024-25 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League Elite League stage at Munsu Football Stadium on the 26th.
Ulsan, which has been mired in a five-game losing streak, was at the bottom of the 12 East Asian teams. Even if it wins all three of its remaining matches, it will not be easy to qualify for the round of 16, which can rank first to eighth. It is ironic that Ulsan, which is representing Korea at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025, next year, cannot even raise its head on the Asian stage.
On this day, Ulsan’s main gatekeeper, Cho Hyun-woo, failed to play due to poor condition. It was definitely a bad news, but the entire team held another bitter cup even though they risked their lives and lives to win one ACLE. It was even more painful because it was the last match of the year on their home turf.
The K-League 1 title lost for three consecutive years. Ulsan had a numerical advantage with the departure of its rival defender Liang in the 31st minute of the first half when the team was losing 0-2, but failed to take full advantage of this. It repeatedly pushed for it, but the team lacked detail. Joo Min-gyu’s header was scored late at a corner kick chance in the 27th minute of the second half, but he lost a point 10 minutes later, losing his will to pursue the team. Ulsan suffered a humiliation by conceding a hat trick to its opponent Matthias Vargas.
The source of comfort is that Ulsan has opened its opponent’s goal for the first time in ACLE. Ulsan had one goal from five matches and donated 13 goals. 카지노사이트
The mystery is that Ulsan, the team that has allowed the fewest goals (40 goals lost) in the K League 1 this season, keeps making mistakes in ACLE games. In the match against Shanghai, it also yielded its second goal due to Ko Seung-bum’s fatal kick miss. Still, the team was not inferior to the rival teams.