Shanghai Shenhua approached the Asian League playoffs
China's "Shanghai Shenhua" team played against "Vissel Kobe" on Tuesday in the final round of the group stage of the Asian Champions League. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.
The team led by Leonid Slutskiy won with a score of 4:2. The main hero of the match was Saulo Mineiro, who stood out as the author of a hat-trick.
As a result of this victory, "Shanghai Shenhua" rose to seventh place in the standings and maintained the opportunity to advance to the play-off stage of the Asian Champions League. Eight teams will qualify for the next stage of this tournament.
Nevertheless, Slutskiy's team could drop to ninth place depending on the results of their rivals' matches. The main events of the game were as follows: Saulo Mineiro scored the first goal in the 2nd minute, and in the 45th minute, Chen Shinichi increased the score to 2:0.
Mineiro scored two more goals in the 48th and 70th minutes, bringing the score to 4:0. From the "Vissel Kobe" team, Nina Tominaga scored in the 87th minute and Ide Haruya in the 90th minute to reduce the deficit.
With this result, "Shanghai Shenhua" made an important step in the fight to advance to the play-offs in the group stage. Team members and coaches are preparing seriously for the upcoming matches.
Depending on the results of the remaining matches in the tournament, the team's position may change. Therefore, achieving the maximum result in every match is considered important.
