At 20 o'clock on March 5, Beijing time, the first leg of the 1/8 finals of the AFC Champions League Elite League kicked off. Shanghai Shenhua sits at the Shanghai Stadium to face J-League powerhouse Kawasaki Frontale. And in this game, the starting lineups of both sides have been released. Jiang Shenglong, the international central defender with a broken nose bridge, started with an injury, and 18-year-old goalscorer Liu Chengyu made his first start in his career.

【Starters of both sides】

Shanghai Shenhua starting XI (4-5-1)

Goalkeeper: 30 - Bao Yaxiong

Defenders: 13-Manafa (F), 32-Eddie, 4-Jiang Shenglong, 27-Chen Jinyi

Midfielders: 10-Teixeira (F), 15-Wu Xi, 6-Amadou (F), 23-Li Ke, 7-Xu Haoyang

Forward: 34-Liu Chengyu

Subs: 22-Xue Qinghao, 2-Wang Shilong, 3-Jin Shunkai, 14-Xie Pengfei, 16-Yang Zexiang, 17-Gao Tianyi, 20-Yu Hanchao, 33-Wang Haijian, 39-Liu Yujie, 41-Zhou Zhengkai, 43-Yang Haoyu, 73-Shaoluo Mineiro (F)

Kawasaki Frontale starts (4-3-3)

Goalkeeper: 98 - Rui Yamaguchi

Defenders: 2-Yukita Takai, 13-Sadai Miura, 31-Van Wemeskken-Ji, 35-Yuichi Maruyama

Midfielders: 14-Taito Wakisaka, 19-Hara Kawamoto, 77-Yuki Yamamoto

Forwards: 20-Shin Yamada, 37-Tatsuya Ito, 23-Marsinho (F)

Subs: 1-Jung Sung-ryong (F), 21-Shunsuke Ando, 5-Asahi Sasaki, 7-Shintaro Kuraya, 15-Tanabe Hideto, 16-Tomosho Oseki, 8-Tachida Kento, 9-Erison (F), 24-Miyagi Teng, 30-Yusuke Segawa, 32-Kanda Soma, 41-Akihiro Parent

Referee: Salman Ahmed Al-Farahi (Qatar) VAR: Khamis Mohammed Al-Mali (Qatar)

In the previous AFC Champions League group stage, Shanghai Shenhua had 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses, accumulating 10 points, ranking 7th in East Asia; Kawasaki Frontale has 15 points from 5 wins and 2 losses, ranking 2nd in East Asia.

【Combat Record】

The only previous meeting between the two teams was in the group stage of this season, on October 23 last year, in the third round of the AFC Champions League, when Shenhua also beat Kawasaki Frontale 2-0 at home. Wang Haijian broke the deadlock in the opening 24 minutes. In the 93rd minute of stoppage time, Luiz scored from the penalty spot to seal the win.