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The point earned by both teams takes Gangwon onto eight points from their seven matches so far while Shanghai Port move onto three points and, with only one match remaining, Kevin Muscat’s side have no chance of advancing.
The Chinese champions are rooted to the bottom of the 12-team table, five points outside the eight places that qualify for the knockout rounds in the eastern league phase.
Gangwon, meanwhile, will travel to Australia next week to take on Melbourne City needing a win to have any chance of qualifying for the next phase of the competition, which will be played in March.
Both teams were featuring in their first competitive fixture since the turn of the year and neither side was able to display much fluency in a disjointed opening 45 minutes.
Seo Min-woo skied his effort over the bar in the 13th minute and, three minutes later, Kim Dae-won dragged an attempt wide after Mo Jae-hyeon burst down the right as Gangwon made the livelier start.
In the 32nd minute, Kang Jun-hyuk fed Lee Gi-hyuk into space on the right for the full back to clip a cross over towards the far post from the by line-up but Park Sang-hyeok’s looping header was too weak to cause Yan Junling any issues in the Shanghai goal.
Mo flashed a shot across the face of goal 11 minutes after the interval having received a return pass from Kang Joon-hyuck, the midfielder finding time and space to take aim.
Kim Dae-won went closer still moments later, hitting the side-netting with a header when Kim Do-hyun burst down the right flank to deliver a pinpoint cross towards his team mate.
Matheus Vital had a rare sight of goal for the visitors in the 74th minute but the Brazilian was well off target with his right-footed effort while Park Sang-hyeok forced Yan into action with eight minutes remaining with a header from Kang’s cross.
Yan denied Kang Yun-gu with a sprawling save to his right in the second minute of time added onto the end of the game to leave the points shared.
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