Lee Ho-Jae (top) of Pohang Steelers heads for the ball to score during the AFC Champions league football match between Wuhan Three Towns FC of China and Pohang Steelers of South Korea at Wuhan Sports Center Stadium in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Dec. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
WUHAN, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Wuhan Three Towns leveled South Korea's Pohang Steelers 1-1 in the sixth round of the AFC Champions League here on Wednesday, ending its maiden journey with a bottom ranking in Group J.
Accumulating four points after five rounds, Wuhan was out ahead of the match, while Pohang Steelers with a winning streak of five games, had secured a slot in the top 16 teams.
In the first half, both sides managed to shoot with long volleys, but neither could get on the scoresheet. In the 50th minute, the 19-year-old Lee Gyu-Baeg had the misfortune to put the ball into his own net after Wuhan's Jiang Zhipeng passed the ball to the penalty area. 27 minutes later, Ho-Jae Lee headed home with a goal to level the game 1-1.
Elsewhere, Hanoi FC defeated Urawa Red Diamonds 2-1. ■
Zhang Xiaobin (L) of Wuhan Three Towns FC fights with Sim Sang-Min of Pohang Steelers during the AFC Champions league football match between Wuhan Three Towns FC of China and Pohang Steelers of South Korea at Wuhan Sports Center Stadium in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Dec. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Players from both sides quarrel during the AFC Champions league football match between Wuhan Three Towns FC of China and Pohang Steelers of South Korea at Wuhan Sports Center Stadium in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Dec. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
Lee Ho-Jae (top) of Pohang Steelers heads for the ball and scores during the AFC Champions league football match between Wuhan Three Towns FC of China and Pohang Steelers of South Korea at Wuhan Sports Center Stadium in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Dec. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Davidson Pereira (front) of Wuhan Three Towns FC celebrates as Lee Gyu-Baek of Pohang Steelers shoots an own goal during the AFC Champions league football match between Wuhan Three Towns FC of China and Pohang Steelers of South Korea at Wuhan Sports Center Stadium in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Dec. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
Start players of Wuhan Three Towns FC pose for group photos before the AFC Champions league football match between Wuhan Three Towns FC of China and Pohang Steelers of South Korea at Wuhan Sports Center Stadium in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Dec. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
Cho Jae-Hun of Pohang Steelers reacts after missing a chance to score during the AFC Champions league football match between Wuhan Three Towns FC of China and Pohang Steelers of South Korea at Wuhan Sports Center Stadium in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Dec. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Davidson Pereira (L) of Wuhan Three Towns FC falls during the AFC Champions league football match between Wuhan Three Towns FC of China and Pohang Steelers of South Korea at Wuhan Sports Center Stadium in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Dec. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
Choi Hyun-Woung (L) of Pohang Steelers vies with Davidson Pereira of Wuhan Three Towns FC during the AFC Champions league football match between Wuhan Three Towns FC of China and Pohang Steelers of South Korea at Wuhan Sports Center Stadium in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Dec. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Referee Abdulla Ali Al-Marri (2nd L) of Qatar talks to Davidson Pereira (3rd L) of Wuhan Three Towns FC during the AFC Champions league football match between Wuhan Three Towns FC of China and Pohang Steelers of South Korea at Wuhan Sports Center Stadium in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Dec. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Lee Gyu-Baek (2nd R) of Pohang Steelers shoots an own goal during the AFC Champions league football match between Wuhan Three Towns FC of China and Pohang Steelers of South Korea at Wuhan Sports Center Stadium in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Dec. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
Wuhan Three Towns FC's goalkeeper Liu Dianzuo (front) fails to save the goal by Lee Ho-Jae of Pohang Steelers during the AFC Champions league football match between Wuhan Three Towns FC of China and Pohang Steelers of South Korea at Wuhan Sports Center Stadium in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Dec. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
