Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Suning FC defeated Japan\u2019s Gamba Osaka 3-0 in their Group H clash of the AFC Champions League played at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Brazilian duo Alex Teixeira and Ramires grabbed early goals for the host before Hong Jeong-Ho added a third just 2 minutes before half-time.<\/p>\n
In the other Group H encounter, Jeju United suffered their first ever defeat to an Australian opposition as Adelaide United inflicted a 3-1 loss over the K-League side.<\/p>\n
Adelaide United took an early lead through midfielder Kim Jae-Sung in the 7th minute before Jeju hit back with an equalizer from Mago Cruz one minute later.<\/p>\n
In the second-half, the visitors took the game to the South Korean side and were rewarded with two goals from defender Dylan McGowan and midfielder Riley McGree.<\/p>\n
These results mean Jiangsu advance to the next round with 12 points from 4 matches.\u00a0Jeju United and Adelaide United are behind with four points each while Osaka are bottom with three points.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Urawa Red Diamonds narrowly beat Shanghai SIPG on Tuesday in a crucial AFC Champions League Group F clash.<\/p>\n
Rafael Silva scored the only goal of the match from a clinical finish right before half-time.<\/p>\n
This highlights of the\u00a0game were the inability of Oscar to convert from the spot as\u00a0the Brazil international missed two penalties that cost Shanghai the game.<\/p>\n
The defeat saw Shanghai conceded the top spot to Urawa. Both sides have 9 points but Urawa have the superior goal difference (+7) comparing to Shanghai’s +5.<\/p>\n
The other Group F encounter saw FC Seoul claim their first win of the AFC Champions League when they beat Western Sydney Wanderers 3-2.<\/p>\n
Lee Seok-Hyun opened the score after just four minutes, and a brace from\u00a0Dejan Damjanovic (42′, 71′) seemed to put the match beyond doubt.<\/p>\n
Late goals in the second-half by\u00a0Terry Antonis (77′) and\u00a0Lachlan Scott (90′) were not enough for the host.<\/p>\n
FC Seoul leap to third place after gaining 3 points from this match, while\u00a0Western Sydney Wanderers sit on the bottom of Group F.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Suning FC defeated Japan\u2019s Gamba Osaka 3-0 in their Group H clash of the AFC Champions League played at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center on Tuesday. Brazilian duo Alex Teixeira and Ramires grabbed early goals for the host before Hong Jeong-Ho added a third just 2 minutes before half-time. In the other Group H encounter, Jeju United suffered their first ever defeat to an Australian opposition as Adelaide United inflicted a 3-1 loss over the K-League side. Adelaide United took an early lead through midfielder Kim Jae-Sung in the 7th minute before Jeju hit back with an equalizer from Mago Cruz one minute later. In … Continue reading “AFC Champions League: Jiangsu crush Gamba, Urawa edge Shanghai”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":2806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[71,125,170,237,95,316,273],"class_list":["post-2805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afc-champions-league","tag-fc-seoul","tag-gamba-osaka","tag-jiangsu-suning","tag-shanghai-sipg","tag-slider","tag-urawa-reds","tag-western-sydney-wanderers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}