Buriram goes out despite 5-0 win over R&F
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GAMBA Osaka beat Seongnam FC 2-1 yesterday to reach the AFC Champions League last 16 and dash the hopes of Buriram United, which went out despite thrashing Guangzhou R&F 5-0.
Takashi Usami and Brazilian striker Lins scored in the second half as the Japanese treble-winner came from a goal down against Seongnam to qualify second in Group F.
But Gamba’s win was a heart-breaker for Thailand’s Buriram, whose five-star display at home wasn’t enough to earn it a place in the knockout stage.
On the final night of games in Group E, Jeonbuk Motors went through in style with a 4-1 win over Shandong Luneng, while already-qualified Kashiwa Reysol lost 0-1 to Binh Duong.
In Buriram, Guangzhou twice rattled the woodwork before Diogo opened the floodgates for the hosts with an assured finish on 12 minutes.
Gilberto Macena fed his fellow Brazilian with a curling ball into the box which Diogo cushion-volleyed past Guangzhou ‘keeper Zhang Shichang.
Chinese defending was suspect for Buriram’s second, when Venezuelan center-back Andres Tunez leaned into his marker to nod home a corner all too easily.
And Diogo pounced for his second seven minutes before half-time, when he was first to a loose ball and slapped his shot low and into the net to make it 3-0.
Buriram didn’t stop after the break and Diogo completed his hat-trick before Macena got on the scoresheet with half-an-hour to go.
But there were grim faces in the Buriram dug-out when news arrived that, eight minutes from time in Osaka, Lins had scored the goal which would seal its elimination.
In Group E, Jeonbuk needed only a draw against Shandong but goals from Lee Jae-sung, Kim Hyung-il, Eninho, Edu showed that the 2006 winner means business in the knockouts.
Vietnam’s Binh Duong exited with its heads held high thanks to Le Cong Vinh’s 56th-minute winner against Japan’s table-topper Kashiwa.
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