Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: Guangzhou Evergrande captain Zheng Zhi has been named the Toyota Player of the Week for the first legs of the AFC Champions League semi-finals after scoring the winning goal as the Chinese Super League champions edged out Japan’s Gamba Osaka 2-1 on Wednesday.
Zheng, who lifted the trophy when Guangzhou won the 2013 continental title, headed home three minutes before the hour mark to add to Huang Bowen’s eye-catching first half strike as Luiz Felipe Scolari’s side completed a determined comeback after a Feng Xiaoting own goal had handed Gamba an early lead in front of a 48,946 crowd at Tianhe Sport Centre Stadium.
China international Zheng also completed 70 of 79 attempted passes, while winning five duels, to attract a rating of 7.6 as Guangzhou claimed a narrow advantage ahead of the return fixture in Japan on October 21.
Click here for the full results of the Toyota Player of the Week for the 2015 AFC Champions League
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