Big-name strikers such as Hulk and Alexandre Pato may have drawn a blank on the opening night of the 2018 AFC Champions League but their Chinese Super League teams kicked off with vital victories on Tuesday....
Sanfrecce Hiroshima stayed on course for the J-League second-stage title with an impressive 2-0 victory at last year's Japanese treble winners Gamba Osaka on Saturday....
Substitute Koki Yonekura snatched a winner deep into stoppage time as Japan's Gamba Osaka stunned South Korea's Jeonbuk Motors 3-2 to reach the Asian Champions League semi-finals on Wednesday....
Luiz Felipe Scolari's Guangzhou Evergrande scrapped their way into the AFC Champions League semi-finals as they fought out a bad-tempered 1-1 draw for a 4-2 aggregate win over Kashiwa Reysol on Wednesday....
Luiz Felipe Scolari's Guangzhou Evergrande expect to sweep into the AFC Champions League semi-finals when they host Kashiwa Reysol on Tuesday with their free-scoring Brazilian contingent in top form....