Persepolis could not bring the championship to Iran after losing to Ulsan Hyundai.
The final match of the AFC Champions League ended with the defeat of Persepolis against Ulsan Hyundai to prevent the capital’s whites from winning the Asian Cup for the second year in a row.
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The match ended in a 1-1 draw in the first half, but the Korean team pushed forward at the start of the second half with another penalty kick and maintained the lead until the end of the match.
The first goal of the match in the first half was scored by Persepolis in the 45th minute by Mehdi Abdi, but Ulsan’s team equalized in the lost minutes of the first half with a penalty awarded by UER.
In the 55th minute, Persepolis defender Mehdi Shiri made another penalty kick due to a mistake by Persepolis defender Mehdi Shiri, which was converted by Junior Negrave, the Brazilian striker of the Korean team, into the second goal.
Yahya Golmohammadi’s team performed well in this match, despite having a weaker record than the Korean opponent in terms of ball possession (43-57), but they performed well by creating several dangerous situations.
Two blunders by the Whites resulted in two penalties to secure Ulsan Hyundai’s goal and a second Asian Cup by scoring both chances.
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Persepolis team, the representative of Iran in these competitions, after defeating Al-Nasr team of Saudi Arabia in the semi-final match, had reached the final match and in the final match, its three main and efficient players, Issa Al-Kathir, سان Ehsan Pahlavan and Vahid Amiri due to suspension in Had no choice.
About 10,000 spectators from Qatar were allowed to watch the match closely, following health protocols and having a negative corona test sheet.
There is a total of one thousand tickets for the Iranian and Korean fans of the two teams, which are evenly distributed between them.
For the second year in a row, the Persepolis team had reached the finals of this competition for three consecutive seasons, but unfortunately, due to the individual mistakes of the players, it could not achieve the desired result and eventually win the championship.
You see the last post in the locker room of the Persepolisians in Qatar: “Persepolis, you did not take the cup home, but you took our hearts, we are children. M. A. Millions of Iranians”