In a key match in the 4th round of the AFC Champions League Elite League East Asia that ended on the evening of November 5, Beijing time, South Korean league champion Ulsan HD lost 0-3 away to Malaysian team Johor Bahru, and the AFC Champions League started with 4 consecutive defeats and 0 goals, and was humiliated at the bottom of the East Asian zone.
Like Shanghai Port, Ulsan HD won the Korean league title just four days ago. However, when it came to the AFC Champions League, the dominant team in South Korea performed unusually weakly, and in this round away to Johor Bahru, the big dark horse in the East Asian region of this season's AFC Champions League, Ulsan HD did not take any advantage.
Just eight minutes into the game, Malaysian star Arif Ayman opened the scoring to help Johor break the deadlock. In the 67th minute, Arif assisted teammate Arivas to score another goal to extend the advantage. In the AFC Champions League earlier this season, Arif had scored twice against Harbour and scored a goal against Shenhua to help Johor win 3-0, and the 22-year-old Malaysian star will undoubtedly be an opponent that the national football team must be careful about in the future.
In stoppage time, Begsson scored the winning goal for Johor. In the end, Johor Bahru won 3-0 at home to Ulsan HD. Having just won the Korean league championship but suffered a humiliating defeat in the AFC Champions League, Ulsan HD and Shanghai Port were equally embarrassed on this night.
The victory moved Johor beyond Shenhua to third place in the East Asian standings, while Ulsan HD suffered four straight defeats after losing to three Japanese clubs – Kawasaki Frontale (0-1), Yokohama Marinos (0-4) and Vissel Kobe (0-2).
After 4 rounds, Ulsan HD is not only at the bottom of the East Asian region, but also the only team in the entire 24 teams in the AFC Champions League to fail to score, with a goal difference of -10 with 0 points. If you talk about the degree of "nesting", the Korean league champion may be more outrageous than the Chinese Super League champion.