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AFC Champions League Review: Urawa bounce back, Shanghai through on penalties

SoccerNews in General Soccer News 26 Jun 2019

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Shanghai SIPG needed penalties to clinch their place in the AFC Champions League quarter-finals, beating Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 5-3 in a shoot-out after a 1-1 second-leg draw in South Korea.

After coming from behind to draw 1-1 in the first leg, Shanghai once again fell behind when Kim Shin-wook met Son Jun-ho’s neat pass and produced a clinical first-time finish past Yan Junling to give Jeonbuk the lead after 27 minutes.

The hosts kept their noses in front until the 80th minute when Hulk levelled the tie in controversial fashion, slotting home via a deflection after Elkeson headed the ball back from the byline with some Jeonbuk players claiming it had gone out of play.

The game went into extra time where more chances were squandered and Jeonbuk’s Moon Seon-min received a straight red card for retaliation in the last minute of play.

Jeonbuk striker Lee Dong-gook stepped up to take his side’s first penalty only to see it saved by Yan, and there was no way back for the hosts as Shanghai guided five excellent spot-kicks home to secure their passage into the last eight.

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