GAMBA OSAKA (JPN) v ADELAIDE UNITED (AUS) (0 – 2) (FT)
BRISBANE ROAR (AUS) v BEIJING GUOAN (CHN) (1 – 1) (FT)
ULSAN HYUNDAI (KOR) v FC TOKYO (JPN) (1 – 0) (FT)
BUNYODKOR (UZB) v POHANG STEELERS (KOR) (1 – 0) (FT)
NASAF (UZB) v ESTEGHLAL (IRN) (0 – 2) (FT)
AL RAYYAN (QAT) v AL JAZIRA (UAE) (3 – 4) (FT)
BANIYAS (UAE) v PAKHTAKOR (UZB) (2 – 0) (FT)
AL ITTIHAD (KSA) v AL ARABI (QAT) (3 – 2) (FT)

Tianjin Teda 0-3 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Tianjin: Serbian striker Vladimir Jovancic scored twice in the second half as 2010 AFC Champions League winners Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma qualified for the last 16 of the 2012 edition as Group G winners after beating China’s Tianjin Teda 3-0 on Tuesday.
Exciting Korea Republic youngster Yoon Bit-garam opened the scoring for the Korean FA Cup winners after 32 minutes at Tianjin Teda Stadium before Serbian frontman Jovancic doubled Seongnam’s lead at the start of the second half.
And with Jovancic’s penalty midway through the second half securing …

Central Coast Mariners 5 – 1 Tianjin Teda
A vital home win and their first for the tournament so far (after 3 draws and a loss) has given Central Coast hope of making it into the round of 16.
Central Coasts goasl came from Daniel McBreen, Josh Rose, Michael McGlinchey and Mustafa Amini..
Tianjin were presented with a great chance in the first minutes of the match when a slip from Alex Wilkinson allowed Sjoerd Ars through on goal. Fortunately for the Mariners the shot rebounded off the near post and danger …

Nagoya Grampus 0-0 Tianjin Teda
Keiji Tamada’s missed penalty cost Nagaoya Grampus top spot in Group G of the 2012 AFC Champions League after a 0-0 draw with Chinese Super League side Tianjin Teda.
Tamada, a member of Japan’s AFC Asian Cup winning squad back in 2004, slid the ball wide of goal in the 59th minute after his side had been awarded a penalty after Yuki Maki had been hauled down inside the area.
The draw sees Nagoya drop to second in Group G, behind Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma on goal difference after …

Tianjin Teda 0-3 Nagoya Grampus
Nagoya Grampus won their first game in Group G of the AFC Champions League with a convincing 3 – 0 victory over Tianjin Teda on Tuesday.
Nagoya where able to top the group following 5 consecutive draws in Group G. Nagoya moved two points clear at the top of the table.
Jungo Fijimoto opened the scoring with a superb chip midway through the first half, and after Keiji Tamada doubled the visitors’ lead just after half-time, Kensuke Nagai sealed the win.
Fijimoto’s exquisite chip broke the deadlock after 24 …

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1 -1 Tianjin Teda
A second-half header from Romanian defender Lucian Goian earned Chinese FA Cup winners Tianjin Teda a 1-1 draw with Korea Republic’s Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma in the AFC Champions League on Tuesday.
Han Sang-wun’s 14th minute header opened the scoring for Seongnam at Tancheon Sports Complex only for Tianjin to be rewarded for an improved second half display as Goian equalised nine minutes after the hour mark.
And with Australia’s Central Coast Mariners sharing a 1-1 draw with Japan’s Nagoya Grampus, all four teams in Group …

Nagoya Grampus v Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (2 – 2)
A spectacular overhead kick with the last touch of the game saw Brazilian striker Hevertinho rescue a point for Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma with a 2-2 draw against Nagoya Grampus in Group G on Wednesday.
Hevertinho (Héverton Durães Coutinho Alves) had given the 2010 ACL champions the lead just two minutes after half-time when he raced onto a long clearance from goalkeeper Ha Kang-jin before thumping the ball high into Seigo Narazaki’s net.
But Grampus pulled level when Josh Kennedy scored from the penalty spot …

Rodrigo Pimpao set Cerezo Osaka on their way to a crushing 4-0 victory as they reached the last 16 of the AFC Champions League at the expense of Shandong Luneng.
The Japanese side needed just to avoid defeat to secure a runners-up finish behind Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in Group G, but progressed in style with a home win at the Nagai Stadium.
Rodrigo netted the opening goal in the 39th minute before Hiroshi Kiyotake, Takashi Inui and substitute midfielder Shu Kurata scored in the second-half.
Chinese Super League side Shandong began positively, knowing …

A hat-trick from Krunoslav Lovrek helped Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ease to a 6-0 win over Arema Indonesia at Jeonju World Cup Stadium to ensure that the hosts progressed to the last 16 of the 2011 AFC Champions League as Group G winners.
The Croatian scored inside the first minute put the K-League leaders on their way against their Indonesian opponents and from then it was a question of how many the Korea Republic team would score.
Kim Dong-chan added a second shortly after and Jung Sung-hoon made it three before two more …

Cerezo Osaka secured the three points they needed to keep their 2011 AFC Champions League chances alive with an emphatic 4-0 win over Arema Indonesia.
Goals from Hiroshi Kiyotake, Rodrigo Pimpao, Yusuke Maruhashi and Takushi Inui secured a one-sided win for the visitors, who moved level at the top of Group G to give themselves a fighting chance of progressing in the competition.
They did not have it all their own way in the early stages, though, as the home side looked lively in what turned out to be their best spell …

A late strike from Lee Dong-gook gave Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors a 1-0 win over Cerezo Osaka to put the Korea Republic team on top of Group G of the 2011 AFC Champions League.

Sydney FC v Kashima Antlers – Live Score (0 – 3)(FT)
Sydney FC’s prospects of making the AFC Asian Champions League knockout phase have nosedived after crashing to a 3-0 loss to Japanese side Kashima Antlers at the Sydney Football Stadium on Wednesday night.
It was Sydney’s first home loss in an ACL game and left it in a parlous position with all three of its remaining games offshore.
Kashima joined Korean side Suwon on five points in the four-team group, with Sydney and China’s Shanghai Shenhua both three points further back at …

Cerezo Osaka 1-0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Takashi Inui’s second-half goal saw Cerezo Osaka beat Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1-0 in their 2011 AFC Champions League Group G game.
Cerezo, playing their first official game since March 16, struggled to find their rhythm. It was however Inui who came close from outside the box in the 31st minute and Shu Kurata, playing well in the middle of the park, struck from the edge of the box only to be denied by Kim Min-sik.
The hosts delivered some dangerous crosses from the left but Jeonbuk centre-backs …

Shandong Luneng pick up their first win in the 2011 AFC Champions League with a convincing 2-0 defeat of Cerezo Osaka.

Cerezo Osaka 2-1 Arema Indonesia
Cerezo Osaka celebrated their AFC Champions League debut by beating Arema Indonesia 2-1 in their Group G opener at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Wednesday.
Rodrigo Pimpao, who is on loan from Rio giants Vasco de Gama, scored both goals, with the Brazilian striker grabbing the opener early in the first half before netting the winner in the 76th minute after Singapore international Noh Alam Shah had equalised from the penalty spot.
Cerezo, who qualified for their first-ever ACL by coming …

Arema are 2010 Indonesian domestic champions. In the latest season which is 14 matches old, they are sitting 2nd with 26 points and 7 wins so far. On that form, Arema is in a great position to be competitive this year, the only issue I see is that they have probably been tagged with the hardest group in the championship. Jeonbuk and Shandong are the favourites in this group and then you also have Cerezo another japanese team. Arema certainly have their works cut out for them.

Top spot was all that was left to fight for in Group G.
Suwon Bluewings 6–2 Singapore Armed Forces
Singapore took a shock lead after just five minutes, controlling brilliantly before curling a long rage shot past Lee Woon-jae. Six minutes later however, Suwon equalised through Jose Mota. They then took the lead through Lee Hyun-jin, who was first to react to a rebound. Kwak Hee-ju then headed home a set piece on the half-hour mark to make it 3-1. Mota grabbed his second seven minutes before the break.
Second half substitute Yeom …

Group G
Gamba Osaka 2-1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
A last minute strike by Takashi Usami, assured Gamba Osaka first place in Group G.
Gamba started the game in second position, 2 points behind Suwon, who had also yet to lose a game.
Suwon scored first in the 58th minute through Jose Mota, his fifth goal of the competition.
However, the Koreans were pegged back only three minutes later by Takahiro Futagawa.
Scores remained at 1-1 until injury time when the 17-year-old Usami netted the winner.
Gamba now lead the group with …

With all games in Match Day 4 of the AFC Champions League completed, two more teams have confirming their places in the Round of 16.

Seongnam Ilhwa made it four in a row in Group E to go through while Suwon Bluewings made sure of their advance in Group G.

Group A

Esteghlal, of Iran, drew 1-1 away to Qatar’s Al Gharafa and Saudi Arabia’s Al Ahli scored a 2-0 away win over Al Jazira.

Younis Mahmoud gave Gharafa a 1-0 lead before the interval but Mehdi Salehi equalised for the visitors on 58 minutes.

Group A
Esteghlal 3-0 Al Gharafa
Al Ahli 5-1 Al-Jazira
Al Gharafa couldn’t compete with Esteghlal today and went down 3-0 in the Azadi Stadium today. Esteghlal striker Farhad Majidi bagged himself two goals today. Majidi put the hosts ahead after a quarter of an hour before doubling their lead ten minutes after the break. Defender Pejman Montazeri then sealed the victory ten minutes from time.
In Group A’s other fixture, Al-Ahli, who so far have leaked five goals in their first two matches, turned things around against Al Jazira scoring 5 goals and …