90'+4! VAR seals DRAMATIC FINISH | FC Machida Zelvia 🇯🇵 vs Melbourne City 🇦🇺 | Highlights ACL Elite

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Maci da Selvia host Melbourne City with the Japanese fourth in the table
coming into match day four against the Australians who got their first win last time out against
Buriram United. Here's the captain Shoji in possession for the Japanese he tries to pass
back but he's got it all wrong here and that is an own goal. The keeper Tani could do nothing
about it it's an own goal after only 32 seconds it's a disastrous start for Maci da Selvia as
Melbourne City lead. Maci da Selvia now really have to push forward as we see
Na Sang-ho with a weaving run here and a driving shot across goal.
It's a brilliant save from Beach what a goal that would have been.
Now the resulting corner comes in and a flick header and it's another superb stop from Beach
they're great reactions as it remains 1-0 to Melbourne City. Now Yuki Soma showing his pace
down the left hand side the ball comes in and it's a lovely little finish into the top corner
there from Henry Mochizuki. Absolutely nonchalant here as he just helps it into the goal
and the home side are back level it's a deserved equalizer. An incident packed half ends 1-1
straight into the action in the second half as Maci da Selvia continue to push forward.
They've all helped out here too and Na Sang-ho gets it out of his feet and rifles in the shot
and it's turned over the bar again by Beach. These two having a real battle 65th minute now
as it's Melbourne City finally coming forward as Caputo a little bit of skill there twisting
and turning the prods he shot into the side netting it was Atkinson with the ball through to
it. A couple of minutes later Maci da Selvia with the corner it's punched clear and helped back in
there by Nakayama with interest and tipped over the top spectacularly by Beach. What a brilliant
performance by him so far just over five minutes to go and Maci da Selvia looking for the winner
as the shot comes in and curled just wide by Masuyama and from the replay we can see it's
just deflected wide. Now a late late corner for Melbourne City as it is half punch clear back in
again it's pinballing around off the bar and in surely that's the winner from Nabu. The VAR are
checking it out initially it wasn't given as the suburbs surely won it here the VAR check is going
on and on as eventually it is awarded Melbourne City beat Maci da Selvia by 2-1
in the most dramatic of circumstances.
