- Babá - 51' Pen
- Sergio Cirio - 73'
- Mark Ochieng - 85'
- Frédéric Mendy - 61'
- Marcelo Toscano - 71'
- Kwon Soon-Hyung - 84'
Adelaide United draw with Jeju United in Asian Champions League
Adelaide United clawed a 3-3 draw with Korea's Jeju United on Wednesday night to bank a first point of their Asian Champions League campaign.
The Reds held a lead, then came back twice on home turf at Hindmarsh Stadium before just 3,539 spectators -- the lowest-ever home crowd for an Adelaide United game.
Adelaide's Senegalese frontman Baba Diawara opened the scoring from the penalty spot before the visitors responded with two rapid-fire goals.
But Adelaide, remarkably, twice equalised within a minute of falling behind -- Sergio Cirio ended his personal 13-month scoring drought and substitute Mark Ochieng netted the last equaliser.
After a scoreless opening half, the five goals came in a frenzied 25-minute burst to leave the Reds with a draw and two losses at the group stage midpoint in the lucrative Asian tournament.
Diawara's coolly taken penalty in the 51st minute came after Jeju defender Oh Bansuk was struck on the arm by a Jordan O'Doherty blast -- the Korean gamely charged at the ball and had turned his body when hit.
Diawara's strike went low left while Jeju's goalkeeper went right, giving Adelaide the sniff of an upset win.
But the visitors went level 10 minutes later when Jeju's swivelling substitute Frederic Mendy turned his marker Dylan McGowan a metre from the near post, before scoring with a left-footer that struck the far post and bounced into the net.
The galvanised Jeju then launched into full attacking mode and, in the 71st minute, were rewarded when Marcelo Toscano scored a screamer -- a first-time, right-footed thunderbolt from 22 metres.
A minute later, Adelaide's Cirio perfectly placed a header from a slick Ben Garrucio cross, only for the visitors again to go ahead in the 84th minute when Kwon Soonhyung scored with a sweetly struck low shot from outside the box.
But yet again, Adelaide answered within a minute when Ochieng curled a right-footer into the net in the 85th minute.
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