In the first leg of the 1/8 finals of the AFC Champions League Elite League, which ended on the evening of March 4, Beijing time, the Chinese Super League champion Shanghai Port lost 0-1 to the Yokohama Mariners at home.

After the game, Harbour coach Muscat publicly bombarded the law enforcement of the South Korean referee team in an interview. In particular, no penalty was given for the obvious handball in the Yokohama player's own penalty area.

Muscat questioned: "I think at this point in time, some of the things that are happening today are hard to understand. There were some difficult scenes in the game, where the opposing defender had a hand touch in the box, but of course the final decision was far from what we expected, and if the decision had been different, the result could have been different. ”

In addition, Muscat was also very unhappy with Rusa's suspension and inability to play: "I was notified three hours before kick-off that Rusa was going to be suspended. We don't know why, and now there is no explanation. At the pre-match joint meeting yesterday, we received a notice that Wei Zhen was suspended and others could play, and receiving this news was also a distraction and disturbance for our preparation for the game. ”

Of course, Muscat is proud of the performance of the Harbour players: "I can really feel that the players worked hard and gave everything to the highest level to help us succeed and get a good result, and we fought until the end! We should start again now and go away for the second leg in seven days' time, so we'll look back at today's game and take a wrap-up and hopefully bring the positives to the second leg. ”

Seven days later, at 6 p.m. on the 11th, the harbor will be a guest in the second leg to challenge the Yokohama Marinos. After suffering three consecutive defeats in the AFC Champions League and two home defeats to Yokohama in two weeks, it is understandable that it will be difficult for Harbour to turn around and advance.