Pohang Steelers vs Nagoya Grampus, 2021 AFC Champions League, Quarterfinals

· AFC Champions League Elite
Pohang Steelers
  • 53': Sang-Hyeob Im
  • 70': Seung-Mo Lee
  • 90'+5': Sang-Hyeob Im
FT
3 - 0
Nagoya Grampus

    About

    Pohang Steelers are hosting Nagoya Grampus at , , , starting on . The match is a part of the AFC Champions League Elite.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 3': Foul by Mateus (Nagoya Grampus).
    • 3': Kang Sang-Woo (Pohang Steelers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 6': Foul by Gwon Wan-Gyu (Pohang Steelers).
    • 6': Jakub Swierczok (Nagoya Grampus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 10': Attempt missed. Kang Sang-Woo (Pohang Steelers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lee Seung-Mo.
    • 11': Foul by Lim Sang-Hyub (Pohang Steelers).
    • 11': Kazuya Miyahara (Nagoya Grampus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 13': Attempt saved. Mateus (Nagoya Grampus) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sho Inagaki.
    • 13': Corner, Nagoya Grampus. Conceded by Lee Jun.
    • 14': Attempt missed. Sho Inagaki (Nagoya Grampus) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
    • 15': Foul by Park Seung-wook (Pohang Steelers).
    • 15': Ryoya Morishita (Nagoya Grampus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 21': Foul by Shinnosuke Nakatani (Nagoya Grampus).
    • 21': Go Young-Joon (Pohang Steelers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 23': Foul by Kang Sang-Woo (Pohang Steelers).
    • 23': Mateus (Nagoya Grampus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 31': Foul by Lee Seung-Mo (Pohang Steelers).
    • 31': Yasuki Kimoto (Nagoya Grampus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 31': Attempt missed. Jakub Swierczok (Nagoya Grampus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
    • 33': Attempt blocked. Jakub Swierczok (Nagoya Grampus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mateus.
    • 33': Attempt saved. Ryoya Morishita (Nagoya Grampus) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 35': Foul by Shin Jin-Ho (Pohang Steelers).
    • 35': Mateus (Nagoya Grampus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 35': Shin Jin-Ho (Pohang Steelers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 39': Foul by Kang Sang-Woo (Pohang Steelers).
    • 39': Mateus (Nagoya Grampus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 42': Foul by Yasuki Kimoto (Nagoya Grampus).
    • 42': Go Young-Joon (Pohang Steelers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 44': Corner, Nagoya Grampus. Conceded by Shin Kwang-Hoon.
    • 45': Foul by Kazuya Miyahara (Nagoya Grampus).
    • 45': Manuel Palacios (Pohang Steelers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Shinnosuke Nakatani (Nagoya Grampus).
    • 45'+1': Lee Seung-Mo (Pohang Steelers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Pohang Steelers 0, Nagoya Grampus 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Pohang Steelers 0, Nagoya Grampus 0.
    • 46': Foul by Go Young-Joon (Pohang Steelers).
    • 46': Shinnosuke Nakatani (Nagoya Grampus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 46': Go Young-Joon (Pohang Steelers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 47': Foul by Yutaka Yoshida (Nagoya Grampus).
    • 47': Lee Seung-Mo (Pohang Steelers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 48': Foul by Kang Sang-Woo (Pohang Steelers).
    • 48': Sho Inagaki (Nagoya Grampus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 52': Corner, Pohang Steelers. Conceded by Ryoya Morishita.
    • 53': Attempt blocked. Gwon Wan-Gyu (Pohang Steelers) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Shin Jin-Ho with a cross.
    • 53': Attempt saved. Lee Seung-Mo (Pohang Steelers) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 53': Goal! Pohang Steelers 1, Nagoya Grampus 0. Lim Sang-Hyub (Pohang Steelers) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
    • 56': Foul by Shin Kwang-Hoon (Pohang Steelers).
    • 56': Yasuki Kimoto (Nagoya Grampus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 56': Foul by Lim Sang-Hyub (Pohang Steelers).
    • 56': Kazuya Miyahara (Nagoya Grampus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 57': Substitution, Nagoya Grampus. Naoki Maeda replaces Ryoya Morishita.
    • 61': Foul by Alexander Grant (Pohang Steelers).
    • 61': Naoki Maeda (Nagoya Grampus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 61': Attempt missed. Jakub Swierczok (Nagoya Grampus) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Naoki Maeda following a set piece situation.
    • 61': Substitution, Nagoya Grampus. Yuki Soma replaces Mateus.
    • 63': Corner, Nagoya Grampus. Conceded by Alexander Grant.
    • 63': Attempt blocked. Kim Min-Tae (Nagoya Grampus) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yuki Soma with a cross.
    • 64': Foul by Yuki Soma (Nagoya Grampus).
    • 64': Shin Jin-Ho (Pohang Steelers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 65': Attempt saved. Gwon Wan-Gyu (Pohang Steelers) header from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Kang Sang-Woo with a cross.
    • 67': Substitution, Pohang Steelers. Lee Soo-Bin replaces Go Young-Joon.
    • 68': Foul by Lee Seung-Mo (Pohang Steelers).
    • 68': Yutaka Yoshida (Nagoya Grampus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 68': Foul by Lee Soo-Bin (Pohang Steelers).
    • 68': Yuki Soma (Nagoya Grampus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 70': Goal! Pohang Steelers 2, Nagoya Grampus 0. Lee Seung-Mo (Pohang Steelers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Shin Jin-Ho.
    • 72': Attempt missed. Lim Sang-Hyub (Pohang Steelers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
    • 77': Foul by Shin Jin-Ho (Pohang Steelers).
    • 77': Sho Inagaki (Nagoya Grampus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 78': Substitution, Nagoya Grampus. Mu Kanazaki replaces Yoichiro Kakitani.
    • 78': Substitution, Nagoya Grampus. Shumpei Naruse replaces Kazuya Miyahara.
    • 79': Substitution, Pohang Steelers. Lee Ho-Jae replaces Lee Seung-Mo because of an injury.
    • 79': Offside, Pohang Steelers. Shin Jin-Ho tries a through ball, but Alexander Grant is caught offside.
    • 82': Offside, Pohang Steelers. Shin Jin-Ho tries a through ball, but Manuel Palacios is caught offside.
    • 82': Hand ball by Mu Kanazaki (Nagoya Grampus).
    • 84': Foul by Manuel Palacios (Pohang Steelers).
    • 84': Yutaka Yoshida (Nagoya Grampus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 85': Foul by Shumpei Naruse (Nagoya Grampus).
    • 85': Lim Sang-Hyub (Pohang Steelers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Attempt missed. Manuel Palacios (Pohang Steelers) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is too high. Assisted by Lim Sang-Hyub.
    • 89': Substitution, Pohang Steelers. Kwon Gi-Pyo replaces Manuel Palacios.
    • 90'+1': Jakub Swierczok (Nagoya Grampus) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+2': Attempt saved. Yuki Soma (Nagoya Grampus) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 90'+2': Corner, Nagoya Grampus. Conceded by Lee Jun.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Mu Kanazaki (Nagoya Grampus) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Kim Min-Tae.
    • 90'+4': Attempt saved. Shin Kwang-Hoon (Pohang Steelers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Lim Sang-Hyub.
    • 90'+5': Foul by Jakub Swierczok (Nagoya Grampus).
    • 90'+5': Kang Sang-Woo (Pohang Steelers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90'+5': Goal! Pohang Steelers 3, Nagoya Grampus 0. Lim Sang-Hyub (Pohang Steelers) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Shin Jin-Ho following a set piece situation.
    • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Pohang Steelers 3, Nagoya Grampus 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Pohang Steelers 3, Nagoya Grampus 0.

    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 16
    1 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 2
    4 Corner Kicks 1
    3 Saves 3
    51.7 Possession 48.3
    9 SHOTS 10
    4 ON GOAL 6
    0.4 On Target % 0.6
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    403 Accurate Passes 383
    508 Passes 484
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    2 Accurate Crosses 5
    16 Crosses 10
    0.1 Cross % 0.5
    59 Long Balls 66
    18 Accurate Long Balls 29
    0.3 Long Balls % 0.4
    1 Blocked Shots 1
    13 Effective Tackles 13
    16 Tackles 17
    0.8 Tackle % 0.8
    17 Interceptions 7
    6 Effective Clearances 16
    6 Clearances 16

    Game Information

    Competition: AFC Champions League Elite

    Venue:
    Location: ,
    Attendance: 989

    Line-Ups

    POH Pohang Steelers (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    21 Jun Lee (GK)
    2 Alex Grant
    13 Gwon Wan-Gyu
    10 Sang-Woo Kang
    32 Park Seung-wook
    79 Go Young-Joon Yellow Card
    6 Shin Jin-Ho Yellow Card
    17 Shin Kwang-Hoon
    16 Seung-Mo Lee
    77 Sang-Hyeob Im
    82 Manuel Palacios
    Pohang Steelers Substitutes:
    Jeon Min-Gwang, Mario Kvesic, Lee Ho-Jae, Kwon Gi-Pyo, Lee Soo-Bin, Seong-Ju Kim, Oh Beom-Seok, Lee Kwang-Jun, Ryun-Seong Kim, Cho Sung-Hoon.

    NAG Nagoya Grampus (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Mitch Langerak (GK)
    20 Kim Min-Tae
    4 Shinnosuke Nakatani
    23 Yutaka Yoshida
    6 Kazuya Miyahara
    8 Yoichiro Kakitani
    14 Yasuki Kimoto
    15 Sho Inagaki
    40 Jakub Swierczok Yellow Card
    16 Mateus
    17 Ryoya Morishita
    Nagoya Grampus Substitutes:
    Haruki Yoshida, Ryotaro Ishida, Naoki Maeda, Yuki Soma, Yohei Takeda, Mu Kanazaki, Shumpei Naruse, Ryogo Yamasaki, Haruya Fujii, Manabu Saito.

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