Zhengzhi adjusts the ball during the game. [Xinhua]
JINAN – China international Zheng Zhi netted
two goals including a winner dee
p into injury time as China's Shandong Luneng
came from a goal down to beat J.League champions Yokohama F Marinos 2-1 to reach
the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League.
Daisuke Nasu headed the Marinos into a seventh minute lead but Zheng Zhi
leveled with a brilliantly struck equalizer in the 38th minute before breaking
between two Marinos defenders to score the winning goal four minutes into added
time.
The victory was Shandong’s five consecutive win in Group F as they moved
into an unassailable six-point lead with just one round of games remaining.
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