ACL qualifiers: Shandong Luneng FC vs Mohun Bagan AC- As it happened...

New Delhi: Defending champions of the I-League, Mohun Bagan, on Tuesday crashed to a 0-6  in the AFC Champions League qualifying game at the hands of Shandong Luneng FC.

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FULL TIME: SHANDONG LUNENG 6-0 MOHUN BAGAN

FULL TIME | Shandong Luneng 6-0 @Mohun_BaganAC | The Chinese side reach the playoffs of #ACL2016 #SHDvMOH pic.twitter.com/P5NrIqGlKN — AFC Champions League (@TheAFCCL) February 2, 2016

VIDEO - Wang Yongpo (89')

GIF: Wang Yongpo scored a very fantastic goal！ pic.twitter.com/pTgl3qpIwh — Shandong LunengTS FC (@sdlnts1993) February 2, 2016

The referee blows the final whistle to put Mohun Bagan out of their misery. It finishes 6-0 in Jinan.

Substitution for the visitors.

91' SUB Mohun Bagan:26, 5 — Shandong LunengTS FC (@sdlnts1993) February 2, 2016

89'- It's 6-0 now thanks to Wang Yongpo.

86'- Final substitution for the home side.

86' SUB Shandong:
13 Zhang Chi
4 Jucilei — Shandong LunengTS FC (@sdlnts1993) February 2, 2016

Substitutions for Shandong.

72' SUB Shandong :11 Liu Binbin 29 , Zhang Wenzhao 9 Tardelli ,10 Montillo — Shandong LunengTS FC (@sdlnts1993) February 2, 2016

77' - GOAL

Zheng Zheng adds a 5th for the hosts.

VIDEO - (Zheng Zheng 77')

Zheng Zheng goal pic.twitter.com/ZhoccHgE75 — ShandongLuneng FC (@LoveLNTS) February 2, 2016

VIDEO - Yang Xu (68')

YangXu pic.twitter.com/arBXfCr5RZ — ShandongLuneng FC (@LoveLNTS) February 2, 2016

68' - GOAL

Yang Xu scores his second of the afternoon, and it's now 4-0 to the hosts. It's a rout in Jinan.

Sanjoy Sen makes a change. Kean Lewis comes on for the visitors.

61' Shandong Luneng 3:0 Mohun Bagan. — Shandong LunengTS FC (@sdlnts1993) February 2, 2016

Montillo shoots, but his effort is well over the crossbar.

VIDEO - Yang Xu (56')

GIF: Yang Xu copy Montillo's goal, assist by Tardelli. pic.twitter.com/pWNSLLsQ7D — Shandong LunengTS FC (@sdlnts1993) February 2, 2016

Sony's shot from Dhanachandra's long throw is inches over the crossbar. The forward has been Mohun Bagan's best player by some distance so far.

56'- GOAL

Yang Xu makes it 3-0 for the hosts.

Raje makes an overlap run and feeds Jeje whose left-footer is saved by the keeper.

Sony tees up Pronay, but the midfielder's shot from outside the box is off the mark.

46' - Second half is underway in Jinan.

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VIDEO - Montillo (22')

First goal.Montillo @Montil10 pic.twitter.com/BUPYnB5gQd — ShandongLuneng FC (@LoveLNTS) February 2, 2016

VIDEO - Tardelli (40')

Second goal.@tardelli9 pic.twitter.com/7ItYcx6Esw — ShandongLuneng FC (@LoveLNTS) February 2, 2016

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HALF TIME: SHANDONG LUNENG 2-0 MOHUN BAGAN

HALF TIME | Shandong Luneng 2-0 @Mohun_BaganAC #ACL2016 #SHDvMOH pic.twitter.com/5sNmxqPNid — AFC Champions League (@TheAFCCL) February 2, 2016

Mohun Bagan will rue Norde's missed opportunity going in to the break. The home side is deservedly ahead after dominating the first half.

HALF TIME：Shandong Luneng 2:0 Mohun Bagan
22' Montillo (Assist by Yang Xu)
40' 9Tardelli (Assist by Wang Yongpo) — Shandong LunengTS FC (@sdlnts1993) February 2, 2016

45'- One minute of time added on.

40'- GOAL

Diego Tardelli doubles Shandong Luneng's lead.

Sony Norde's brilliant shot misses target by a whisker.

Pressure is piling on the Mariners' defense.

@Mohun_BaganAC defending valiantly, Luciano makes a good clearance #SHDvMOH, #ACL2016 — Mohun Bagan (@Mohun_BaganAC) February 2, 2016

35'- Shandong are clearly in the ascendancy. Debjit called into action again. The Mohun Bagan keeper is up to the task.

30'- Cross hooked in from the right, but Debjit collects the ball.

Brilliant play by @sonynorde16 as he got past 3 players but dispossessed outside penalty box, Mohun Bagan 0-1, #SHDvMOH #ACL2016 — Mohun Bagan (@Mohun_BaganAC) February 2, 2016

24'- GOAL!

The home team breaks the deadlock through Montillo​.

20'- Shandong on the attack - cross come in but is headed away from danger by Kinshuk Debnath.

19'- Bagan have a corner but the home side defends it without any trouble. 

Sony Norde tightly marked by Shandong defense, 18 minuts 0-0. #SHDvMOH #ACL2016 — Mohun Bagan (@Mohun_BaganAC) February 2, 2016

15' Shandong Luneng 0-0 @Mohun_BaganAC #SHDvMOH #ACL2016 — AFC Champions League (@TheAFCCL) February 2, 2016

10'- Still 0-0 in Jinan.

#ACL2016: 10'Shandong Luneng 0:0 Mohun Bagan — ShandongLuneng FC (@LoveLNTS) February 2, 2016

Montillo was offended, Shandong get a free kick.#SHDvMOH — Shandong LunengTS FC (@sdlnts1993) February 2, 2016

threatening attack！Shandong！#SHDvMOH — Shandong LunengTS FC (@sdlnts1993) February 2, 2016

2'- Early corner for the home side but no damage done.

1' - KICK OFF! 

MOHUN BAGAN XI: Debjit, Luciano, Raju Gaikwad, Kinshuk, Dhanachandra, Jeje, Katsumi, Pronay, Sony Norde, Souvik and Prabir.

The home fans are out in full force to cheer their team on.

A lot of Shijiazhuang Ever Bright FC fans went toLuneng Stadium to encourage Shandong Luneng！#GoShandong pic.twitter.com/gbx47wxXpS — Shandong LunengTS FC (@sdlnts1993) February 2, 2016

The legendary Mariner fans are in Jinan.

@ILeagueOfficial Champions @Mohun_BaganAC welcomed by a group of @Mohun_BaganAC supporters at team hotel. pic.twitter.com/qEHTDTLRic — Mohun Bagan (@Mohun_BaganAC) February 2, 2016

Shandong Luneng are the third-most successful club in China, with four league titles to their credit. Their best performance in the AFC Champions League was a quarter-finals finish in 2005.

Shandong Luneng FC squad:

The Squad list of Shandong Luneng.#ACL #GoShandong pic.twitter.com/YEgiGqla4i — Shandong LunengTS FC (@sdlnts1993) February 2, 2016

Mohun Bagan squad

Start list of Mohun Bagan.#ACL pic.twitter.com/iW86RGYEp4

— Shandong LunengTS FC (@sdlnts1993) February 2, 2016

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Match Preview

The green-and-maroon brigade beat Singapore's Tampines Rovers 3-1 in the first round qualifier to set up an away clash with the Chinese side, which finished third in country's Super League last season.

Mohun Bagan will also have to fight adverse climatic conditions as temperature in Jinan will be around 2 to 3 degree Celsius having played all their matches in India in the temperature hovering between 20-30 degree.

To make matters worse, their star striker Cornel Glenn, a former Trindad and Tobago World Cupper, has not been able to travel with the team due to visa related issues.

A lot will depend on how their Japanese recruit Katsumi Yusa and Haitian winger Sony Norde perform apart from in-form India international Jeje Lalpheklhua.

Shandong Luneng, who are known as 'Orange Fighters' has tied up with Brazil's Sao Paulo and most of their foreign recruits are either Brazilians or Argentines.

Striker Diego Tardelli, who has played 13 matches for the senior national team in 2009-10 season under Dunga, is one of their premier players. He was also one of the back-up players in the Brazilian national squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Argentina's Walter Montillo is an attacking midfielder, who has played for top Brazilian clubs like Cruzeiro and Santos besides donning the 'Albiceleste' colours six times in his career.

Shandong central defender Carlos Gilberto has had 182 appearances for the Brazilian giants Corinthians.

For Mohun Bagan coach Sanjoy Sen, this will perhaps be his toughest assignment after he took charge before the I-League in 2014.

It will be interesting to see whether Sen deploys an ultra-defensive strategy at the Jinan Olympic Stadium against a Chinese club which has a lot of age-group national team players.

The ones who have played for the senior team are striker Hao Junmin, who has 11 goals for his country. Defenders Zheng Zheng, Wang Tong and medeo Liu Binbin have also made appearances for the senior team.