'Thai Messi' honored by AFC in 5 of Best solo goals
Chanathip Songkrasin unexpectedly named in the list of 5 players who own the best dribbles of the AFC Champions League.
The AFC Champions League is the most prestigious club-level tournament in Asia, bringing top teams from countries such as Japan, South Korea, China, Iran, ... The tournament was founded in 2002 instead of the previous Asian Club Championship.
Recently AFC has recall five solo goals where players have taken matters into their own hands and produced the goods in emphatic style.
While in terms of physical stature, Chanathip Songkrasin may be the polar opposite to Hulk, the Thai starlet is equally adept at evading opponents, as he displayed by gliding past the Brisbane Roar defence in 2017.
Hosts Muangthong United were a goal up when Chanathip received the ball in a seemingly non-threatening position. Six touches later and it was in the back of the net after he skipped past two defenders, rounded the 'keeper and tapped home.
In addition to Chanathip, Hulk has made a career out of scoring spectacular goals and Urawa Red Diamonds felt the full force, quite literally, of the big Brazilian when the pair clashed at Shanghai Stadium in the 2017 group stage.
The forward displayed two of his greatest attributes – brute strength and great technical ability – to hold off and then burst through the Urawa backline before firing low past Shusake Nishikawa with what was the decisive goal in a 3-2 win.
AFC also held a poll to see what was the best solo goal. After a day of voting, Al Taawoun's Al Swat is leading with more than 80% of the vote.
The competition will last until April 3 and fans can vote on the homepage of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Currently the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup are postponed until the other notice due to the effects of the Covid-19 epidemic.
Vietnam does not have any representative in this tournament, it is expected that next season the V-League champion will win a place to participate in the AFC Champions League group stage.
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