{"id":28392,"date":"2024-03-15T21:31:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T12:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/?p=28392"},"modified":"2024-03-15T21:31:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T12:31:48","slug":"10-man-yokohama-clinch-maiden-semifinal-ticket-after-surviving-shandong-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2024\/03\/15\/10-man-yokohama-clinch-maiden-semifinal-ticket-after-surviving-shandong-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"10-Man Yokohama Clinch Maiden Semifinal Ticket After Surviving Shandong Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yokohama F.Marinos made history by advancing to the AFC Champions League semifinals for the first time ever, courtesy of Anderson Lopes\u2019 decisive goal securing a 1-0 victory over Shandong Taishan on Wednesday, completing a 3-1 aggregate triumph for Harry Kewell\u2019s squad.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lopes found the back of the net in the 75th minute, a moment of brilliance that proved crucial as Yokohama navigated most of the second half with ten players following Katsuya Nagato\u2019s sending off for a second yellow card offense early in the half.<\/p>\n

This triumph sets up an exciting clash with two-time champions Ulsan HD from South Korea next month, with a coveted spot in May\u2019s final awaiting the winner, who will face either Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia or United Arab Emirates’ Al Ain.<\/p>\n

In the first leg in Jinan, Yokohama held a slim 2-1 lead, and they started the return leg at the Nissan Stadium with intent, as Nagato\u2019s early attempt troubled Shandong\u2019s goalkeeper Wang Dalei. However, Shandong responded with long-range efforts, while the hosts’ attacks grew in threat as the half progressed.<\/p>\n

The second half saw a dramatic turn when Nagato received his marching orders, but Yokohama continued to press forward relentlessly. Despite being a man down, Lopes posed a constant threat, forcing Wang into crucial saves.<\/p>\n

The Tricolore<\/em>\u2019s persistence paid off when Riku Yamane set up Lopes for a spectacular left-footed volley, putting them ahead with 15 minutes remaining. Shandong\u2019s hopes were further dashed when Gao Zhunyi was shown a direct red card, leaving Yokohama to close out the match and celebrate a historic victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yokohama F.Marinos made history by advancing to the AFC Champions League semifinals for the first time ever, courtesy of Anderson Lopes\u2019 decisive goal securing a 1-0 victory over Shandong Taishan on Wednesday, completing a 3-1 aggregate triumph for Harry Kewell\u2019s squad. Lopes found the back of the net in the 75th minute, a moment of brilliance that proved crucial as Yokohama navigated most of the second half with ten players following Katsuya Nagato\u2019s sending off for a second yellow card offense early in the half. This triumph sets up an exciting clash with two-time champions Ulsan HD from South Korea next month, with a coveted spot in May\u2019s final awaiting … Continue reading “10-Man Yokohama Clinch Maiden Semifinal Ticket After Surviving Shandong Challenge”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":25104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,25],"tags":[130,926,154,2428,57,2839,95,175],"class_list":["post-28392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afc-champions-league","category-asia","tag-afc-champions-league","tag-asia","tag-china","tag-east-asia","tag-japan","tag-shandong-taishan","tag-slider","tag-yokohama-f-marinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28393,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28392\/revisions\/28393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}