Muangthong romp sends Guangzhou top
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April 4, 2013, Thursday
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ARGENTINE wizard Dario Conca inspired Guangzhou Evergrande to a 4-0 win over Muangthong United and Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and Kashiwa Reysol also enjoyed big victories as goals flowed in the AFC Champions League yesterday.
Guangzhou, the Chinese double-winner led by World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi, was matched until the break by the battling Thais before midfielder Conca started a second-half rout with a 51st-minute header, and finished it with a coolly taken penalty in injury time.
In between, Brazilian forward Muriqui took a return pass on the edge of the box before planting a sublime second goal, and Conca had a hand in Gao Lin's well-worked strike on 84 minutes in front of a packed house in Guangzhou.
Evergrande, the ambitious club with designs on becoming China's first Asian champion since 1998, inched forward to a two-point lead in Group F, ahead of Jeonbuk which rose to second after its 3-1 win over Urawa Red Diamonds.
However, Jeonbuk's flurry of goals was eclipsed in Suwon Bluewings' game against Kashiwa, where the Korean host missed three penalties during a crazy encounter which featured seven second-half goals.
Junya Tanaka put Kashiwa ahead on 16 minutes but the game suddenly came alive in the second half when Dzenan Radoncic's penalty miss was followed by three goals in quick succession for 3-1.
Earlier, Australia's Central Coast Mariners, which had won only one of its 14 previous ACL games, had looked set for further heartbreak against China's Guizhou Renhe after an own goal by goalkeeper Mat Ryan cancelled out Pedj Bojic's spectacular 50th-minute opener.
But with nine minutes left, New Zealand international Michael McGlinchey whipped in a tantalizing cross for the unmarked Trent Sainsbury to head in at the far post and clinch a 2-1 win, lifting the Mariners to second in Group H behind runaway leader Kashiwa.
Guangzhou, the Chinese double-winner led by World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi, was matched until the break by the battling Thais before midfielder Conca started a second-half rout with a 51st-minute header, and finished it with a coolly taken penalty in injury time.
In between, Brazilian forward Muriqui took a return pass on the edge of the box before planting a sublime second goal, and Conca had a hand in Gao Lin's well-worked strike on 84 minutes in front of a packed house in Guangzhou.
Evergrande, the ambitious club with designs on becoming China's first Asian champion since 1998, inched forward to a two-point lead in Group F, ahead of Jeonbuk which rose to second after its 3-1 win over Urawa Red Diamonds.
However, Jeonbuk's flurry of goals was eclipsed in Suwon Bluewings' game against Kashiwa, where the Korean host missed three penalties during a crazy encounter which featured seven second-half goals.
Junya Tanaka put Kashiwa ahead on 16 minutes but the game suddenly came alive in the second half when Dzenan Radoncic's penalty miss was followed by three goals in quick succession for 3-1.
Earlier, Australia's Central Coast Mariners, which had won only one of its 14 previous ACL games, had looked set for further heartbreak against China's Guizhou Renhe after an own goal by goalkeeper Mat Ryan cancelled out Pedj Bojic's spectacular 50th-minute opener.
But with nine minutes left, New Zealand international Michael McGlinchey whipped in a tantalizing cross for the unmarked Trent Sainsbury to head in at the far post and clinch a 2-1 win, lifting the Mariners to second in Group H behind runaway leader Kashiwa.
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