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Jonathan White

Two-time AFC Champions League winners Guangzhou Evergrande are out of this year’s tournament after Suwon Samsung Bluewings beat Vissel Kobe in the final group game in Doha, Qatar.
The K-League side needed to beat the Japanese outfit by two or more goals to leapfrog the Chinese Super League runners-up in the three-team group and duly ran out 2-0 winners.
With Malaysian champions JDT unable to travel to the Covid-19 bubble, group G was a team short and that meant Evergrande had to stay in Doha to wait on Friday’s result.
Tuesday’s 1-1 draw between Fabio Cannavaro’s side and Suwon left progress out of their hands and they would rely on the J-League team, who had already qualified, doing them a favour.


Instead, Vissel Kobe lent Suwon a helping hand.
After taking the lead four minutes after the interval through a Kim Gun-hee header from a Lee Ki-je corner, Suwon needed another.
Guangzhou Evergrande on brink, Shanghai SIPG ship four to Sydney
Enter Vissel Kobe defender Takuya Yasui whose senseless handball in the area gave a penalty that Lim Sang-Hyeob duly dispatched.
Vissel Kobe will play CSL side Shanghai SIPG in the knockouts on Monday. Vitor Pereira fielded an all-Chinese team for their final group game on Friday with the second stage already secured, for the fifth consecutive season.
They lost 2-0 to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, another East Asian heavyweight who will join Guangzhou Evergrande on the plane home.


This is the first season since 2010, when property giants Evergrande took over the Guangzhou club, that they have failed to win a trophy and Chinese media are reporting that after fans called for his head on Tuesday Cannavaro’s role as head coach is in jeopardy.
Veteran player Zheng Zhi has been announced as the next general manager of the club, with a statement that his role will take responsibility from the head coach in reporting to the chairman.
With Shanghai Shenhua also leaving the Doha bubble early, Beijing Guoan are the only other CSL side still in the hunt. They put their 100 per cent record to the test when they meet FC Tokyo on Sunday.


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Guangzhou Evergrande coach Fabio Cannavaro throws away his jacket during the AFC Champions League group G draw with Suwon Samsung Bluewings on December 1. Photo: AFP

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Guangzhou Evergrande's Elkeson celebrates after scoring their second goal in a win over Vissel Kobe. Photo: Reuters

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FC Tokyo’s Oliveira is fouled by Qin Sheng of Shanghai Shenhua in their AFC Champions League group F match at the Education City Stadium in Qatar. Photo: EPA

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Takuya Yasui handball gives Suwon Samsung Bluewings a 2-0 win to knock out Fabio Cannavaro’s two-time Asian champions



Takuya Yasui handball gives Suwon Samsung Bluewings a 2-0 win over Vissel Kobe to knock out Fabio Cannavaro’s two-time Asian champions.


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