Last-gasp Shandong joins SIPG in last 8
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A LONG-RANGE strike in the 90th minute from substitute Hao Junmin gave Shandong Luneng a 2-2 draw away to Sydney FC, putting the Chinese side into the AFC Champions League quarterfinals on away goals.
After a 1-1 draw last week in China, Rhyan Grant put the home side ahead 2-1 in the first minute of the second half before Hao’s late goal against a 10-man Sydney side.
Zac Anderson was sent off with 14 minutes remaining for bringing down Yang Xu, but Sydney goalkeeper Vedran Janjetovic saved the penalty.
Midfielder Brandon O’Neill had given Sydney a 1-0 lead in the second minute from a free kick but Argentina midfielder Walter Montillo equalized less than 10 minutes later. “We held on as long as we could, it took a great goal to beat us,” Sydney coach Graham Arnold said.
On Tuesday, another Chinese Super League side Shanghai SIPG also needed a stoppage-time goal to advance to the quarterfinals. Wu Lei’s strike in the 90th gave Sven-Goran Eriksson’s side a 1-0 win over FC Tokyo in the second leg at Shanghai Stadium to ensure the aggregate over the two legs was 2-2, sending SIPG into the last eight, on away goals, in its Asian competition debut.
Seoul FC advanced 7-6 on penalties over Japanese club Urawa Reds in the South Korean capital. Regulation finished with Seoul FC leading 1-0 after Urawa’s 1-0 win last week in Japan, sending the tie intto extra time.
Brazil striker Adriano gave Seoul the lead four minutes into the extra period, but Tadanari Lee scored twice four minutes apart to give Urawa the advantage with five minutes left. Ko Yo-han scored for Seoul in the final minute of extra time to give the South Koreans a 3-2 second-leg win, but again leaving the sides level on aggregate.
Kim Dong-woo clinched the match for the home side in the penalty shootout. Yoshiaki Komai missed his attempt for Urawa on the previous shot.
Later, Zob Ahan of Iran was hosting al-Ain of United Arab Emirates after the teams drew 1-1 in the first leg, and El Jaish takes a 4-0 lead into its second-leg match with Qatari side Lekhwiya in Doha.
On Tuesday, Jeonbuk Motors of South Korea, UAE’s al-Nasr and Lokomotiv Tashkent of Uzbekistan also qualified for the final eight. The quarterfinals, featuring two groups to be drawn from east Asia and two from the west, begin on August 23-24 with the second legs set for September 13 or 14.
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