5-4 on aggregate! Fearless of obvious misjudgment, Taishan advanced to the AFC Champions League Elite Tournament, Kaza World Wave

The 2024-25 AFC Champions League Elite East Asia Zone play-offs have begun, and Shandong Taishan is at home to face Bangkok United. Taishan's recent form has been sluggish, losing three consecutive defeats to Henan, Harbour and Cangzhou male lion. The results have been sluggish, and the team's injury list has added a new member, and the team's top attacker, Cressan, has a long head of the left biceps femoris and a semitendinosus muscle injury, and will need to be sidelined for some time.

In this game, Cui Kangxi discharged a 442 formation, Delgado and Kaza partnered with double strikers, Xie Wenneng, Li Yuanyi, Peng Xinli, and Chen Pu formed the midfield, Zheng Zheng, Zhao Jianfei, Wang Tong, and Liu Yang partnered in the defensive line, and Wang Dalei guarded the goal.

After the opening, the possession rate of the two teams was basically five to five, and the Taishan team created more excellent chances. The first to attack was the Taishan team, in the 8th minute, Xie Wenneng took the ball on the right side of the penalty area and adjusted his feet slightly to shoot from a distance, the goalkeeper saved the ball, and Chen Pu followed up with a follow-up shot that was cleared by the defender on the goal line! In the 15th minute, Xie Wenneng broke through on the right side of the penalty area and crossed, and after Kaza took the ball, he basically formed a single chance, but unfortunately the low shot missed the far post! The Taishan team missed a series of good scoring opportunities after the opening;

In the 23rd minute, Everton received a corner kick from a teammate in the middle of the penalty area and dived to head the goal, and Wang Dalei lifted the ball out of the bottom line; In the 28th minute, Li Yuanyi took a corner kick from the right side, Kaza leaned on the defender in the penalty area and volleyed, and the ball was saved by the goalkeeper; In the 35th minute, Zheng Zheng took a set-piece on the right side of the front field, and the ball was slightly off and hit the side netting!

In the 37th minute, the Taishan team was unable to attack for a long time but was broken by Bangkok United, and Zivkovic received a through ball sent by his teammates to push the goal, 1-0; In the 43rd minute, the Taishan team quickly equalized, Kaza took the ball on the left side of the front field and cut inward continuously, and then shot a world wave goal, 1-1! The Tarzan team's offensive finally reaped the goal;

At half-time, the two teams were tied 1-1. Yibian fought again, and in the 60th minute, Willard tried a long shot from outside the penalty area, and the ball flew away; In the 66th minute, Delgado took a set-piece and attacked the goal directly, and Bartiva lifted the ball out of the bottom line; In the 68th minute, a number of Bangkok United players counterattacked, and Zhivkovic shot from the left side of the penalty area, and the ball hit the crossbar and popped up!

In the 72nd minute, Xie Wenneng received the ball in the penalty area and shot directly, and Bativa fell to the ground and confiscated the ball; In the 80th minute, Liu Binbin sent a cross from the right, and Xie Wenneng grabbed the header and hit the top of the goal; In the 86th minute, Bi Jinhao scored with a header in the penalty area, and the ball was high. In the end, the two sides played to a 1-1 draw in regulation time, and the game went into extra time.

Both teams had chances in extra-time but neither team could find the back of the net and the game went to penalties. In the end, the Taishan team won the penalty shootout 4-3 and successfully advanced to the AFC Champions League Elite with a total score of 5-4, congratulations!