Guangzhou vs Eastern SC, 2017 AFC Champions League, Group Stage

· AFC Champions League Elite
Guangzhou
  • 4': Ricardo Goulart (P)
  • 22': Wang Shangyuan
  • 33': Liao Lisheng
  • 47': Liao Lisheng
  • 65': Alan
  • 82': Paulinho
  • 84': Wang Shangyuan
FT
7 - 0
Eastern SC
  • Red Card 3': Tsz-Ho Wong
  • Red Card 34': Wong Chi-Chung

Guangzhou Evergrande thrash nine-man Eastern SC in ACL opener

AFC Champions League

Match Timeline

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 2': Corner, Guangzhou Evergrande. Conceded by Josh Mitchell.
  • 3': Attempt missed. Paulinho (Guangzhou Evergrande) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Li Xuepeng with a cross following a corner.
  • 3': Attempt blocked. Alan (Guangzhou Evergrande) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Paulinho.
  • 3': Penalty conceded by Wong Tsz-Ho (Eastern SC) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
  • 3': Wong Tsz-Ho (Eastern SC) is shown the red card.
  • 4': Goal! Guangzhou Evergrande 1, Eastern SC 0. Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou Evergrande) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 7': Foul by Zheng Zhi (Guangzhou Evergrande).
  • 7': Manuel Bleda (Eastern SC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 9': Foul by Diego Eli (Eastern SC).
  • 9': Wang Shangyan (Guangzhou Evergrande) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 10': Attempt missed. Alan (Guangzhou Evergrande) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Zheng Zhi with a through ball.
  • 12': Attempt saved. Paulinho (Guangzhou Evergrande) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Zheng Zhi.
  • 13': Corner, Guangzhou Evergrande. Conceded by Wong Chi-Chung.
  • 14': Attempt missed. Alan (Guangzhou Evergrande) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Paulinho.
  • 15': Foul by Gao Lin (Guangzhou Evergrande).
  • 15': Yapp Hung-Fai (Eastern SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Foul by Bai He (Eastern SC).
  • 16': Gao Lin (Guangzhou Evergrande) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 18': Foul by Manuel Bleda (Eastern SC).
  • 18': Zheng Zhi (Guangzhou Evergrande) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 19': Diego Eli (Eastern SC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 19': Foul by Zheng Zhi (Guangzhou Evergrande).
  • 20': Foul by Josh Mitchell (Eastern SC).
  • 20': Paulinho (Guangzhou Evergrande) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 21': Attempt blocked. Liao Lisheng (Guangzhou Evergrande) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 21': Corner, Guangzhou Evergrande. Conceded by Manuel Bleda.
  • 22': Attempt saved. Paulinho (Guangzhou Evergrande) header from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Li Xuepeng with a cross.
  • 22': Goal! Guangzhou Evergrande 2, Eastern SC 0. Wang Shangyan (Guangzhou Evergrande) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
  • 23': Diego Eli (Eastern SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 23': Foul by Zheng Zhi (Guangzhou Evergrande).
  • 24': Penalty conceded by Wong Chi-Chung (Eastern SC) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
  • 25': Wong Chi-Chung (Eastern SC) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  • 25': Penalty saved! Alan (Guangzhou Evergrande) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 27': Delay in match Josh Mitchell (Eastern SC) because of an injury.
  • 27': Delay in match Liao Lisheng (Guangzhou Evergrande) because of an injury.
  • 28': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 29': Corner, Guangzhou Evergrande. Conceded by Roberto.
  • 30': Attempt blocked. Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou Evergrande) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Li Xuepeng with a cross.
  • 30': Attempt saved. Paulinho (Guangzhou Evergrande) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 31': Corner, Guangzhou Evergrande. Conceded by Yapp Hung-Fai.
  • 33': Goal! Guangzhou Evergrande 3, Eastern SC 0. Liao Lisheng (Guangzhou Evergrande) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ricardo Goulart.
  • 34': Foul by Wong Chi-Chung (Eastern SC).
  • 34': Gao Lin (Guangzhou Evergrande) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 34': Second yellow card to Wong Chi-Chung (Eastern SC) for a bad foul.
  • 35': Attempt blocked. Paulinho (Guangzhou Evergrande) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 35': Corner, Guangzhou Evergrande. Conceded by Josh Mitchell.
  • 36': Attempt missed. Gao Lin (Guangzhou Evergrande) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ricardo Goulart.
  • 38': Foul by Roberto (Eastern SC).
  • 38': Gao Lin (Guangzhou Evergrande) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 38': Attempt missed. Alan (Guangzhou Evergrande) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Liao Lisheng with a cross.
  • 40': Offside, Guangzhou Evergrande. Wang Shangyan tries a through ball, but Gao Lin is caught offside.
  • 41': Attempt missed. Manuel Bleda (Eastern SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
  • 42': Attempt saved. Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou Evergrande) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Wang Shangyan with a cross.
  • 42': Attempt saved. Alan (Guangzhou Evergrande) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 42': Corner, Guangzhou Evergrande. Conceded by Yapp Hung-Fai.
  • 45': Attempt blocked. Alan (Guangzhou Evergrande) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gao Lin.
  • 45': Corner, Guangzhou Evergrande. Conceded by Lee Hong-Lim.
  • 45'+1': Attempt saved. Alan (Guangzhou Evergrande) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 45'+2': Corner, Guangzhou Evergrande. Conceded by Yapp Hung-Fai.
  • 45'+2': Corner, Guangzhou Evergrande. Conceded by Tsang Kam-To.
  • 45'+3': Attempt saved. Zheng Zhi (Guangzhou Evergrande) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Ricardo Goulart.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Guangzhou Evergrande 3, Eastern SC 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Guangzhou Evergrande 3, Eastern SC 0.
  • 47': Goal! Guangzhou Evergrande 4, Eastern SC 0. Liao Lisheng (Guangzhou Evergrande) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Gao Lin.
  • 49': Offside, Guangzhou Evergrande. Zheng Zhi tries a through ball, but Gao Lin is caught offside.
  • 51': Attempt missed. Zheng Zhi (Guangzhou Evergrande) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alan.
  • 51': Offside, Guangzhou Evergrande. Zheng Zhi tries a through ball, but Ricardo Goulart is caught offside.
  • 53': Attempt blocked. Gao Lin (Guangzhou Evergrande) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Paulinho.
  • 55': Foul by Gao Lin (Guangzhou Evergrande).
  • 55': Roberto (Eastern SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 57': Attempt saved. Paulinho (Guangzhou Evergrande) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ricardo Goulart.
  • 57': Hand ball by Gao Lin (Guangzhou Evergrande).
  • 58': Attempt missed. Liao Lisheng (Guangzhou Evergrande) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Li Xuepeng with a cross.
  • 59': Substitution, Guangzhou Evergrande. Yu Hanchao replaces Zheng Zhi.
  • 62': Li Xuepeng (Guangzhou Evergrande) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Wang Shangyan with a cross.
  • 62': Attempt missed. Yu Hanchao (Guangzhou Evergrande) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 62': Substitution, Eastern SC. Tse Man-Wing replaces Lee Hong-Lim.
  • 64': Attempt blocked. Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou Evergrande) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Li Xuepeng.
  • 64': Corner, Guangzhou Evergrande. Conceded by Roberto.
  • 65': Goal! Guangzhou Evergrande 5, Eastern SC 0. Alan (Guangzhou Evergrande) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Li Xuepeng.
  • 66': Substitution, Guangzhou Evergrande. Zhang Wenzhao replaces Gao Lin.
  • 67': Foul by Liao Lisheng (Guangzhou Evergrande).
  • 67': Manuel Bleda (Eastern SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 67': Delay in match Manuel Bleda (Eastern SC) because of an injury.
  • 68': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 69': Corner, Eastern SC. Conceded by Wang Shangyan.
  • 70': Attempt missed. Manuel Bleda (Eastern SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Diego Eli.
  • 71': Foul by Yu Hanchao (Guangzhou Evergrande).
  • 71': Manuel Bleda (Eastern SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Substitution, Eastern SC. Xu Deshuai replaces Tsang Kam-To.
  • 72': Substitution, Guangzhou Evergrande. Zheng Long replaces Li Xuepeng.
  • 74': Corner, Guangzhou Evergrande. Conceded by Xu Deshuai.
  • 75': Attempt missed. Alan (Guangzhou Evergrande) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Feng Xiaoting with a cross.
  • 78': Hand ball by Paulinho (Guangzhou Evergrande).
  • 80': Attempt missed. Liao Lisheng (Guangzhou Evergrande) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Wang Shangyan.
  • 80': Substitution, Eastern SC. Ng Wai-Chiu replaces Roberto.
  • 81': Delay in match Manuel Bleda (Eastern SC) because of an injury.
  • 82': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 82': Goal! Guangzhou Evergrande 6, Eastern SC 0. Paulinho (Guangzhou Evergrande) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Zheng Long.
  • 84': Goal! Guangzhou Evergrande 7, Eastern SC 0. Wang Shangyan (Guangzhou Evergrande) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Zhang Wenzhao.
  • 87': Attempt blocked. Alan (Guangzhou Evergrande) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Zhang Wenzhao.
  • 87': Corner, Guangzhou Evergrande. Conceded by Bai He.
  • 88': Foul by Zheng Long (Guangzhou Evergrande).
  • 88': Josh Mitchell (Eastern SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 89': Attempt missed. Liao Lisheng (Guangzhou Evergrande) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 90'+1': Corner, Guangzhou Evergrande. Conceded by Xu Deshuai.
  • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Alan (Guangzhou Evergrande) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yu Hanchao with a headed pass.
  • 90'+2': Corner, Guangzhou Evergrande. Conceded by Tse Man-Wing.
  • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Yu Hanchao (Guangzhou Evergrande) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Zheng Long with a cross.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Guangzhou Evergrande 7, Eastern SC 0.

Statistics

ESC GUAhttps://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/soccer/500/12009.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=origin
8 Fouls 10
0 Yellow Cards 0
2 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 3
1 Corner Kicks 15
11 Saves 0
24.3 Possession 75.7
2 SHOTS 38
0 ON GOAL 18
0.0 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 2
103 Accurate Passes 480
182 Passes 526
0.6 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 15
3 Crosses 47
0.7 Cross % 0.3
60 Long Balls 36
18 Accurate Long Balls 24
0.3 Long Balls % 0.7
0 Blocked Shots 7
14 Effective Tackles 8
16 Tackles 11
0.9 Tackle % 0.7
0 Interceptions 0
29 Effective Clearances 4
29 Clearances 4

Game Information

Competition: AFC Champions League Elite

Venue: Tianhe Stadium
Location: Guangzhou, China PR
Attendance: 38,631

Line-Ups

GUA Guangzhou (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
19 Cheng Zeng (GK)
6 Feng Xiaoting
5 Zhang Linpeng
35 Xuepeng Li
12 Wang Shangyuan
11 Ricardo Goulart
8 Paulinho
10 Zheng Zhi
29 Gao Lin
7 Alan
2 Liao Lisheng
Guangzhou Substitutes:
Zou Zheng, Zhang Chenglin, Wenzhao Zhang, Yu Hanchao, Liu Dianzuo, Xu Xin, Zheng Long.

ESC Eastern SC (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Hung-Fai Yapp (GK)
2 Josh Mitchell
15 Roberto Júnior
30 Tsz-Ho Wong Red Card
21 Kam-To Tsang
3 Diego Eli
4 He Bai
28 Wong Chi-Chung Yellow Card
9 Manuel Bleda
17 Hong-Lim Lee
23 Jaimes McKee
Eastern SC Substitutes:
Ng Wai-Chiu, Chun Pong Leung, Kwok Kwok Ho, Deshuai Xu, Chi Hau Tsang, Tse Man-Wing, Yingzhi Ju.

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