Al Ain vs Yokohama F. Marinos, 2023-24 AFC Champions League, Finals
· 2nd Leg - Al Ain win 6-3 on aggregateAl-Ain crush 10-man Marinos to win Asian Champions League final
Al-Ain thrashed 10-man Yokohama F Marinos 5-1 in the second leg of the Asian Champions League final on Saturday to lift the continental title for the first time in 21 years with a 6-3 aggregate win over the Japanese side.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Attempt saved. Anderson Lopes (Yokohama F. Marinos) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ken Matsubara.
- 3': Foul by Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain).
- 3': Takuya Kida (Yokohama F. Marinos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Foul by Saeed Jumaa (Al Ain).
- 4': Yan Matheus (Yokohama F. Marinos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Foul by Alejandro Romero (Al Ain).
- 5': Katsuya Nagato (Yokohama F. Marinos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Foul by Élber (Yokohama F. Marinos).
- 6': Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 8': Goal! Al Ain 1, Yokohama F. Marinos 0. Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yahia Nader.
- 10': Anderson Lopes (Yokohama F. Marinos) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 10': Foul by Park Yong-Woo (Al Ain).
- 12': Delay in match because of an injury Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain).
- 13': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 13': Foul by Alejandro Romero (Al Ain).
- 13': Katsuya Nagato (Yokohama F. Marinos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Delay in match (Yokohama F. Marinos).
- 14': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 14': Foul by Kota Watanabe (Yokohama F. Marinos).
- 14': Park Yong-Woo (Al Ain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Attempt missed. Mohammed Al Baloushi (Al Ain) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Saeed Jumaa.
- 17': Attempt missed. Ken Matsubara (Yokohama F. Marinos) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 17': Corner, Yokohama F. Marinos. Conceded by Khalid Eisa.
- 18': Corner, Yokohama F. Marinos. Conceded by Mohammed Al Baloushi.
- 18': Attempt missed. Ken Matsubara (Yokohama F. Marinos) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
- 19': Offside, Al Ain. Soufiane Rahimi is caught offside.
- 20': Foul by Takumi Kamijima (Yokohama F. Marinos).
- 20': Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Corner, Al Ain. Conceded by Katsuya Nagato.
- 22': Corner, Yokohama F. Marinos. Conceded by Bandar Al Ahbabi.
- 23': Delay in match because of an injury Bandar Al Ahbabi (Al Ain).
- 24': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 24': Attempt missed. Shinnosuke Hatanaka (Yokohama F. Marinos) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
- 25': Foul by Alejandro Romero (Al Ain).
- 25': Kota Watanabe (Yokohama F. Marinos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Attempt saved. Kota Watanabe (Yokohama F. Marinos) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ken Matsubara.
- 26': Foul by Ken Matsubara (Yokohama F. Marinos).
- 26': Mohammed Al Baloushi (Al Ain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 29': Penalty Al Ain. Soufiane Rahimi draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 29': Penalty conceded by Shinnosuke Hatanaka (Yokohama F. Marinos) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 30': VAR Decision: Penalty Al Ain.
- 33': Goal! Al Ain 2, Yokohama F. Marinos 0. Alejandro Romero (Al Ain) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 36': Corner, Al Ain. Conceded by Takumi Kamijima.
- 36': Attempt missed. Khalid Al Hashemi (Al Ain) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Matías Palacios with a cross following a corner.
- 38': Attempt missed. Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Matías Palacios.
- 39': Delay in match (Al Ain).
- 40': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 40': Goal! Al Ain 2, Yokohama F. Marinos 1. Yan Matheus (Yokohama F. Marinos) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
- 42': Corner, Al Ain. Conceded by Katsuya Nagato.
- 43': Attempt missed. Kouame Kouadio (Al Ain) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
- 45': Attempt saved. Yan Matheus (Yokohama F. Marinos) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ken Matsubara.
- 45': Attempt missed. Élber (Yokohama F. Marinos) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 45'+1': Offside, Yokohama F. Marinos. Élber is caught offside.
- 45'+2': Offside, Al Ain. Alejandro Romero is caught offside.
- 45'+4': Offside, Al Ain. Bandar Al Ahbabi is caught offside.
- 45'+4': Corner, Yokohama F. Marinos. Conceded by Saeed Jumaa.
- 45'+6': Attempt saved. Anderson Lopes (Yokohama F. Marinos) header from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Katsuya Nagato with a cross.
- 45'+6': Attempt saved. Matías Palacios (Al Ain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Soufiane Rahimi.
- 45'+7': Delay in match (Al Ain).
- 45'+7': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 45'+9': Foul by Kota Watanabe (Yokohama F. Marinos).
- 45'+9': Yahia Nader (Al Ain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+10': Attempt saved. Anderson Lopes (Yokohama F. Marinos) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yan Matheus.
- 45'+10': Foul by William Popp (Yokohama F. Marinos).
- 45'+10': Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+10': William Popp (Yokohama F. Marinos) is shown the red card.
- 45'+14': Substitution, Yokohama F. Marinos. Fuma Shirasaka replaces Élber.
- 45'+15': Attempt missed. Alejandro Romero (Al Ain) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
- 45'+17': Attempt blocked. Mohammed Al Baloushi (Al Ain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alejandro Romero.
- 45'+17': First Half ends, Al Ain 2, Yokohama F. Marinos 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Al Ain 2, Yokohama F. Marinos 1.
- 45': Substitution, Yokohama F. Marinos. Keigo Sakakibara replaces Asahi Uenaka.
- 48': Corner, Yokohama F. Marinos. Conceded by Kouame Kouadio.
- 52': Attempt missed. Saeed Jumaa (Al Ain) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Alejandro Romero.
- 54': Delay in match because of an injury Anderson Lopes (Yokohama F. Marinos).
- 55': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 57': Foul by Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain).
- 57': Shinnosuke Hatanaka (Yokohama F. Marinos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Substitution, Al Ain. Kodjo Laba replaces Saeed Jumaa.
- 60': Delay in match because of an injury Shinnosuke Hatanaka (Yokohama F. Marinos).
- 62': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 62': Substitution, Yokohama F. Marinos. Eduardo replaces Shinnosuke Hatanaka because of an injury.
- 63': Substitution, Yokohama F. Marinos. Riku Yamane replaces Takuya Kida.
- 65': Attempt blocked. Matías Palacios (Al Ain) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Park Yong-Woo with a headed pass.
- 65': Corner, Al Ain. Conceded by Kota Watanabe.
- 66': Offside, Al Ain. Kodjo Laba is caught offside.
- 67': Goal! Al Ain 3, Yokohama F. Marinos 1. Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner.
- 68': Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
- 76': Offside, Al Ain. Alejandro Romero is caught offside.
- 78': Bandar Al Ahbabi (Al Ain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 78': Foul by Eduardo (Yokohama F. Marinos).
- 78': Substitution, Yokohama F. Marinos. Ryo Miyaichi replaces Yan Matheus.
- 81': Offside, Al Ain. Matías Palacios is caught offside.
- 83': Delay in match because of an injury Mohammed Al Baloushi (Al Ain).
- 84': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 84': Substitution, Al Ain. Ahmed Barman replaces Mohammed Al Baloushi because of an injury.
- 89': Substitution, Al Ain. Falah Waleed replaces Yahia Nader because of an injury.
- 90': Attempt missed. Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
- 90'+1': Goal! Al Ain 4, Yokohama F. Marinos 1. Kodjo Laba (Al Ain) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Soufiane Rahimi.
- 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Matías Palacios (Al Ain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kodjo Laba.
- 90'+5': Goal! Al Ain 5, Yokohama F. Marinos 1. Kodjo Laba (Al Ain) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matías Palacios.
- 90'+8': Attempt blocked. Anderson Lopes (Yokohama F. Marinos) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eduardo with a headed pass.
- 90'+9': Foul by Park Yong-Woo (Al Ain).
- 90'+9': Riku Yamane (Yokohama F. Marinos) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+9': Alejandro Romero (Al Ain) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+10': Attempt missed. Kota Watanabe (Yokohama F. Marinos) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
- 90'+11': Bandar Al Ahbabi (Al Ain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+11': Foul by Keigo Sakakibara (Yokohama F. Marinos).
- 90'+12': Second Half ends, Al Ain 5, Yokohama F. Marinos 1.
- 0': Match ends, Al Ain 5, Yokohama F. Marinos 1.
Statistics
YOK |
AlN![]() |
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|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fouls | 8 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 1 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 6 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 1 | Saves | 5 |
| 30.5 | Possession | 69.5 |
| 12 | SHOTS | 16 |
| 7 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.6 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 176 | Accurate Passes | 492 |
| 250 | Passes | 570 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 10 | Crosses | 23 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 53 | Long Balls | 67 |
| 21 | Accurate Long Balls | 32 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 6 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 11 | Tackles | 13 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 6 | Interceptions | 11 |
| 28 | Effective Clearances | 20 |
| 28 | Clearances | 20 |
Game Information
Venue: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium
Location: Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Attendance: 24,826
Line-Ups
Al Ain (4-3-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 17 | Khalid Eisa (GK) |
| 3 | Kouame Autonne |
| 16 | Khalid Hashemi |
| 44 | Saaed Juma |
| 11 | Bandar Al-Ahbabi |
| 21 | Soufiane Rahimi |
| 5 | Park Yong-Woo |
| 10 | Kaku |
| 8 | Mohamed Abbas |
| 6 | Yahia Nader |
| 20 | Matías Palacios |
Yokohama F. Marinos (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 42 | William Popp (GK) |
| 4 | Shinnosuke Hatanaka |
| 15 | Takumi Kamijma |
| 2 | Katsuya Nagato |
| 27 | Ken Matsubara |
| 14 | Asahi Uenaka |
| 6 | Kouta Watanabe |
| 8 | Takuya Kida |
| 11 | Anderson Lopes |
| 7 | Élber |
| 20 | Yan |
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