Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Guangzhou: Assistant coach Tomohiro Katanosaka insists Gamba Osaka’s 2-1 defeat by China’s Guangzhou Evergrande in Wednesday’s AFC Champions League semi-final first leg fell short of expectations despite the J.League side claiming a potentially valuable away goal at Tianhe Sport Centre Stadium.
Japanese treble winners Gamba had been handed 12th minute lead courtesy of an own goal from Feng Xiaoting as the Guangzhou defender attempted to deal with Hiroyuki Abe’s cross while under pressure from Brazilian striker Patric.
But after Huang Bowen equalised for Guangzhou 10 minutes before half-time, captain Zheng Zhi headed home three minutes before the hour mark to hand the 2013 winners a slender advantage ahead of the second leg at Expo ’70 Commemorative Stadium next month.
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