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2-1, UAE strong team exploded, defeating Singapore strong team, winning the second-tier AFC Champions League championship for the first time

4:51am, 19 May 2025【Football】

AFC Champions League second-tier final, Singapore's Lion City Mariners, ranked No. 1 in the Super League, face Sharjah, ranked No. 2 in the UAE United.

Everyone should be familiar with the Lion City Mariners. In the group stage, Zhejiang team once defeated the Lion City Mariners 4-2 at home, but at that time, Zhejiang team lost to the Lion City Mariners 0-2 away. So the Lion City sailors are still very strong! The Lion City Mariners eliminated Sydney in the semi-finals. Sharjah eliminated the Saudi United Power Team Brydet in the semi-finals.

In the 11th minute of the first half, Kayo helped Sharjah score a goal, but unfortunately the goal was blown away by the offside first.

24 minutes later, Costa shot a long shot outside the penalty area on the left and bounced out, and Sharjah escaped.

Neither side made any achievements in the first half.

In the 74th minute, Danhani made a wonderful pass, and Ben Larby took the lead to help Sharjah take the lead. It can be seen that Ben Larby made a push shot from the left side of the penalty area. In the 92nd minute, Maxim helped the Lions Mariners equalize the score.

In the 97th minute, Meloni helped Sharjah to win.

In the end, Sharjah defeated the Lion City Mariners as she wished and won the AFC Champions League second division championship for the first time, while the Lion City Mariners missed the first championship.

Congratulations to Sharjah!