Guangzhou tops Mariners to join Kashiwa in quarters
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May 23, 2013, Thursday
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CHINESE Super League champion Guangzhou Evergrande marched into the AFC Champions League quarterfinals and underlined its strong title credentials with a convincing 3-0 win over Central Coast Mariners yesterday.
Goals from Muriqui, Dario Conca and Gao Lin took Marcello Lippi's team through with room to spare, as Japan's Kashiwa Reysol also swept into the last eight with a 5-2 aggregate win over Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.
Guangzhou, a 2-1 winner in last week's first leg in Australia, is now into the quarters for the second straight year as it targets China's first Asian title since 1990. And it will remain one of the favorites after another impressive performance.
The hosts had to wait only seven minutes to open their account, when Gao's instinctive flick released Muriqui in the box and the prolific Brazilian rolled it past Mariners goalkeeper Mat Ryan for his eighth goal of the tournament.
Argentine maestro Conca was causing havoc and after teasing the Mariners defense on the edge of the area, his pullback to Muriqui drew a clumsy challenge from Bernie Ibini-Isei and a penalty.
Conca stepped up for the spot-kick, on the stroke of half-time, and his left-footed strike curled low and to the goalkeeper's right to make it 2-0 and effectively kill off the Mariners' hopes.
With celebrations already under way among the large and boisterous Tianhe Stadium crowd, Ryan denied Muriqui and Gao early in the second half.
And Gao's efforts paid off on 68 minutes when he was set up by Conca for Guangzhou's well-taken third, despite the Mariners' protests that the Chinese forward had strayed offside.
Earlier, Kashiwa, with a 2-0 advantage from the first leg, came back from a goal down to win 3-2 in the return game and eliminate 2006 champion Jeonbuk of South Korea.
The result maintains Japanese interest in the competition and with the loss of Jeonbuk, the only former winner still standing, it ensures the 10th different champion in 11 editions of the Asian tournament.
Kashiwa had a bad start when defender Tatsuya Masushima put the ball in his own net on 22 minutes. But Hirofumi Watanabe connected with a Jorge Wagner cross to restore parity just before half-time.
Wagner was on target six minutes after the break, and Kashiwa was all but there when Masato Kudo fired in a low shot to make it 3-1 on 69 minutes.
Kevin Oris grabbed a late consolation for the visitors but Jeonbuk, which was also runner-up to al-Sadd two years ago, finished the tie well beaten.
Goals from Muriqui, Dario Conca and Gao Lin took Marcello Lippi's team through with room to spare, as Japan's Kashiwa Reysol also swept into the last eight with a 5-2 aggregate win over Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.
Guangzhou, a 2-1 winner in last week's first leg in Australia, is now into the quarters for the second straight year as it targets China's first Asian title since 1990. And it will remain one of the favorites after another impressive performance.
The hosts had to wait only seven minutes to open their account, when Gao's instinctive flick released Muriqui in the box and the prolific Brazilian rolled it past Mariners goalkeeper Mat Ryan for his eighth goal of the tournament.
Argentine maestro Conca was causing havoc and after teasing the Mariners defense on the edge of the area, his pullback to Muriqui drew a clumsy challenge from Bernie Ibini-Isei and a penalty.
Conca stepped up for the spot-kick, on the stroke of half-time, and his left-footed strike curled low and to the goalkeeper's right to make it 2-0 and effectively kill off the Mariners' hopes.
With celebrations already under way among the large and boisterous Tianhe Stadium crowd, Ryan denied Muriqui and Gao early in the second half.
And Gao's efforts paid off on 68 minutes when he was set up by Conca for Guangzhou's well-taken third, despite the Mariners' protests that the Chinese forward had strayed offside.
Earlier, Kashiwa, with a 2-0 advantage from the first leg, came back from a goal down to win 3-2 in the return game and eliminate 2006 champion Jeonbuk of South Korea.
The result maintains Japanese interest in the competition and with the loss of Jeonbuk, the only former winner still standing, it ensures the 10th different champion in 11 editions of the Asian tournament.
Kashiwa had a bad start when defender Tatsuya Masushima put the ball in his own net on 22 minutes. But Hirofumi Watanabe connected with a Jorge Wagner cross to restore parity just before half-time.
Wagner was on target six minutes after the break, and Kashiwa was all but there when Masato Kudo fired in a low shot to make it 3-1 on 69 minutes.
Kevin Oris grabbed a late consolation for the visitors but Jeonbuk, which was also runner-up to al-Sadd two years ago, finished the tie well beaten.
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