Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Hangzhou: Zheng Long’s seventh goal of the season was enough for 2015 AFC Champions League quarter-finalists Guangzhou Evergrande to take all three points from Sunday’s Chinese Super League (CSL) Round 21clash with Hangzhou Greentown.
Zheng (pictured in action during Guangzhou’s recent friendly with Bayern Munich) secured the reigning CSL champions’ 12th win of the season when he scored the only goal of the game with 21 minutes at the Yellow Dragon Sports Centre played, as second-placed Guangzhou moved on to 44 points, just one shy of CSL leaders Shanghai SIPG.
Last year’s AFC Champions League top scorer Asamoah Gyan, a recent signing from Al Ain, and Dario Conca, who won the 2013 ACL with Guangzhou Evergrande, were both on target as , the Sven Goran-Eriksson coached side consolidated their place at the top of the CSL standings with an impressive 4-2 away win at Chongqin Lifan on Sunday.
Guangzhou 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 2013 ACL champions will then host Kashiwa in the return fixture at the Tianhe Stadium on September 15.
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