Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Guangzhou: AFC Champions League quarter-finalists Guangzhou Evergrande scored six goals in a blistering second half display to beat Chongqing Lifan 7-0 in the Chinese Super League 17th round on Sunday.
Yu Hanchao opened the scoring on 14 minutes to give Evergrande the lead before the game went into the break at the Tianhe Stadium.
China's reigning champions then well and truly picked up the pace after the interval as Huang Bowen (48’), Wang Shangyuan (54’), Gao Lin (57’), Zheng Long (58’ 83') and Yu Hanchao (66’) all got on the score-sheet for Luis Felipe Scolari’s side.
Guangzhou now occupy third position in the domestic standings, two places behind league leaders Beijing Guoan who crashed out of the AFC Champions League in the Round of 16.
The reigning Chinese champions will take on Japan’s Kashiwa Reysol in the first leg of their AFC Champions League quarter-final at Kashiwa Stadium on August 25.
The big spending Chinese giants will then host Kashiwa in the return fixture at the Tianhe Stadium on September 15.