Cannavaro's Evergrande Close On AFC Champions League Last 16

Fabio Cannavaro's Guangzhou Evergrande took a large step towards the last 16 of the AFC Champions League with a comfortable 2-0 win over Jeju United of South Korea on Wednesday.

Shanghai, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Mar, 2018 ) :Fabio Cannavaro's Guangzhou Evergrande took a large step towards the last 16 of the AFC Champions League with a comfortable 2-0 win over Jeju United of South Korea on Wednesday.

The Brazilian Alan scored one goal and made another a cracker by the Serbian midfielder Nemanja Gudelj as the Chinese Super League champions made light work of their hosts. Italian World Cup winner Cannavaro did not enjoy the best start as coach of Evergrande, his side drawing their first two games in Group G of Asia's top club competition.

But they beat Jeju 5-3 at home last week and were never in trouble in the return in South Korea.

Winger Alan threw off four weak home challenges before setting up Gudelj to thrash in from outside the box on 27 minutes.

Ten minutes later Alan, who has never been called up for the senior Brazil team, nipped in from close range to head home for 2-0. Evergrande's penultimate match in the Champions League group stage is on April 3 away at Thailand's Buriram United, who are second behind the Chinese after a 2-2 draw at Japan's Cerezo Osaka. The top two from each group go into the knockout stage.