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Mercato Day offers you a summary of the final of the AFC Champions League between the Iranian “Persepolis” and the South Korean “Ulsan Hyundai” in one of today’s matches, Saturday 19-12-2020, which ended with a dramatic 2-1 victory for the South Korean team.
Ulsan Hyundai crowned the AFC Champions League title for the second time, winning the title in 2012, while Persepolis failed to win its first title and the first overall Iranian club title in tournament history.
The “Persepolis and Ulsan Hyundai” match was broadcast on BN Sports 7, voiced by Yemeni commentator Hassan Al Aidarous, and on Al Kass 3 voiced by Bahraini commentator Khaled Al Hadi.
The Persepolis and Ulsan Hyundai showdown began at 12:00 GMT, 14:00 Egyptian time, 15:00 KSA time, under the administration of Qatari referee Abdel Rahman Al-Jassem.
Al-Janoub Stadium in the Qatari city of Al-Wakra hosted the final scene of the AFC Champions League between Iran Persepolis and South Korea’s Ulsan Hyundai in the presence of fans for the first time at the tournament since the spread of the Corona virus .
The AFC announced that 30% of the capacity of the Al Janoub stadium, which can accommodate 40,000 fans, will be allowed.
And now we will review with you the path of the East Asian representative “Ulsan Hyundai” in the AFC Champions League, where the Korean team eliminated the Australian “Melbourne Victory” from the round of 16 and skipped the Chinese “Beijing Guan” in the eighth round, to face the Japanese “Vissel Kobe” in the semifinals and won. He had two goals against one goal after extending extra time.
The “Ulsan Hyundai” team were previously crowned with the AFC Champions League title in 2012, and today they will be looking to achieve their second ever title to make up for their home failure as they finished the K-League in second place and lost the cup final.
On the other hand, West Asian representative “Persepolis” headed to the final match, after defeating Al-Sadd of Qatar in the round of 16, and eliminating Uzbek team “Pakhtakor” in the round of 16, before toppling the Saudi team. “Al-Nasr” in the semifinal with a penalty shoot-out.
The “Persepolis” team had never reached the AFC Champions League before, as they settled for reaching the final in 2018 and lost at that time to “Kashima Antlers” of Japan.
Overall, no Iranian team has achieved the AFC Champions League title since “Bas Tehran” was crowned with the title in 1993, and this club disbanded after that before returning in late 2007 as “Bas Hamedan “.
Persepolis 1-2 Ulsan Hyundai
AFC Champions League (Final)
Al Janoub Stadium (Al Wakrah – Qatar)
Timed out
Persepolis Lineup: In the midst of Alishah _ Sayed Jalal Hosseini _ Bashar Mohsen _ Muhammad Hussain Kanaani _ Ahmad Nour Allah _ Mahdi Abdi _ Mahdi Sherry _ Milad Sarlak _ Saeed Aqayi _ Hamid Lak _ You will receive my blessing
Hyundai Ulsan Lineup: Jo Soo Hook _ Dave Bullweis _ Park Goo Ho _ Kim In Sung _ Sin Jin Ho _ Junior Nevrau _ Yoon Pete Garam _ Won Do Jae _ Kim Tae Hwan _ Kim Ki Hee _ Lee Chufeng Young.
the summary of the match ..
South Korean Ulsan Hyundai won the AFC Champions League title for the second time in its history, after defeating Iran’s Persepolis 1/2 in an exciting final, which was held at the Al Janoub Stadium, one of the stadiums hosting the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar.
Ulsan was too early to put pressure on Persepolis’ goal, and his organization sent him a right-hand shot from one of their stars, Yon Pete-Garam, from outside the area, which was blocked by the Iranian left-wing fighter (9).
Then, a dangerous second chance for his Brazilian goal, Junior Negrao, with a header from the borders of the minor region, over the crossbar (18).
But Persepolis surprised the Koreans before the whistle at the end of the first half, so Mahdi Abdi scored the first goal from a rebound, the Iranian defense hesitated to stop it, so he hit a floor of the court with his right from the borders from the region on the far right of goalkeeper Jo So-hawk (45).
But Ulsan refused to enter the locker room late, for which he received a penalty after a mistake made by his defender, Sayed Jalal Hosseini, against Yoon Pete-Garam, following the intervention of the video assistant referee.
Negrao paid it in substitute time for a missed tackle by goalkeeper Hamid Lak, but it rebounded for the Brazilian (45 + 4).
At the start of the second half, Olsan got a second penalty after a hand on Saeed Aghaei that Negrao translated this time from the first attempt (54), raising his score to 7 goals equally ahead of Moroccan Abdul Razzaq Hamdallah, the Saudi striker Al-Nasr.
Persepolis sought a draw at the end of the match, but Ulsan held on and achieved a new victory that gave him the first continental title in the presence of the president of the Swiss International Federation, Jani Infantino.
The winner received a prize of $ 4 million.
