JINAN, China, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) — China’s Shandong Taishan downed Incheon United of South Korea 3-1 at house within the AFC Champions League group stage on Tuesday, bolstering their hopes of reaching the Round of 16.
Shandong took the initiative with Li Yuanyi testing Incheon goalkeeper Kim Dong-heon from distance simply seconds from kick off. The guests loved higher possession within the first half, which ended 0-0.
Choi Kang-hee made three adjustments to his Shandong facet at half-time together with the introduction of Brazilian attacker Cryzan Barcelos rather than Zheng Zheng whereas Hernandes Rodrigues changed Stefan Mugosa for Incheon United.
Shandong broke the impasse within the 54th minute as Li Yuanyi tapped house after a cross from Liu Binbin was not handled absolutely by Kim Dong-heon.
Incheon United fell additional behind within the sixty fifth minute when Kwon Han-jin handed the ball into his personal aim with the goalkeeper out of place.
In the seventy fifth minute, Cryzan transformed a penalty kick after Hong Si-hoo fouled Li Hailong contained in the field.
Incheon scored a comfort aim within the dying seconds via Kim Dohyeok.
In the identical group, Yokohama F. Marinos defeated Philippines’ Kaya FC 2-1 on Tuesday.
In different motion, Japan’s Kawasaki Frontale beat Thailand’s BG Pathum United 4-2, whereas Malaysia’s Johor Darul Ta’zim defeated South Korea’s Ulsan Hyundai 2-1.