Match over Yokohama Marinos vs Al Ain With a score of 2-1, which they brought together today at Nissan Stadium, in the first leg of the AFC Champions League final for the current season 2023-2024.
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Al Ain’s first goal was scored by Mohammed Abbas Al Balushi in the 12th minute of the match.
While Asahi Uenaka, Yokohama Marinos’ player, scored both goals for the hosts in the 72nd minute, and Kota Watanabe added the second goal in the 84th minute of the match.
The match referee canceled Matias Palacios’ goal, Al Ain’s second goal in the 31st minute, after returning to video technology due to offside.
Al Ain and Yokohama will meet again on May 25 at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium.
Al Ain is seeking its second title in the tournament, after the Emirati team reached the final of the continental championship for the fourth time in its history, and it was its share to achieve the title once in 2003.
Al Ain’s official lineup to face Yokohama is as follows:
Goalkeeper: Khaled Issa.
Defense: Bandar Al-Ahbabi – Khaled Al-Hashimi – Kwame Otton – Yahya Nader.
Midfield: Park Young-woo – Mohamed Abbas – Abdelkarim Traoré – Alejandro Romeo Kaku – Matias Palacios.
Attack: Sofiane Rahimi.
While the Japanese Yokohama F Marinos formation against Al Ain was as follows:
Goalkeeper: William Pope.
Defense: Giusti – Shinnosuke Hatanaka – Carlos Giusti – Katsuya Nagato.
Midfield: Takuba Kida – Jan Matthaus – Asahi Uenaka – Nam Tae Hee – Albert da Silva.
Attack: Anderson Lopez.
Moroccan Sufyan Rahimi, the Al Ain star, tops the list of scorers in the AFC Champions League, after the end of the semi-finals, with 11 goals.
The Yokohama team qualified for the final for the first time in its history, and hopes to continue its adventure by winning the title against Al Ain.