AFC Champions Group Stage: MatchDay #3, Continued

AFC Champions League Match Day #3 concluded Wednesday:

Group B

At Sharjah, United Arab Emirates:

Goals from Nasser Al Shamrani (PK-21'), Abdoh Autef (42'), and Marcelo Camacho (49') paced Al-Shabab to a 3-1 road win over Sharjah FC.

At Tehran, Iran:

Persepolis FC, fueled by tallies from Maziar Zare (PK-36'), Ibrahima Toure (45'), and Alireza Nikbakht (48'), dominated visiting Al-Gharafa 3-1.

GROUP B STANDINGS:

1. Persepolis FC (GP: 3; GD: +4; PTS: 7)
2. Al-Shabab (GP: 3; GD: +4; PTS: 7)
3. Al-Gharafa (GP: 3; GD: -2; PTS: 3)
4. Sharjah FC (GP: 3; GD: -6; PTS: 0)

Group D:

At Tashkent, Uzbekistan:

Goals from Shavkat Salomov (25') and Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov (74') enabled FC Bunyodkor to salvage a 2-2 home deadlock with Sepahan FC. The Iranian club got goals from Hadi Aghili (45'+2) and Emad Mohammed (61').

At Damman, Saudi Arabia:

Al-Ettifaq dominated visiting Al-Shabab Al-Arabi 4-1. Prince Taqoe (7', 82') and Saleh Bashir (16', 68') each doubled for the hosts.

GROUP D STANDINGS:

1. Al-Ettifaq (GP: 3; GD: +3; PTS: 6)
2. Sepahan FC (GP: 3; GD: +1; PTS: 4)
3. FC Bunyodkor (GP: 3; GD: -1; PTS: 4)
4. Al-Shabab Al-Arabi (GP: 3; GD: -3; PTS: 3)

Group F:

At Suita, Japan:

Leandro's double (39', 43') was just part of an offensive barage that paced Gamba Osaka to a 5-0 frontier-styled fistbeating of hapless guests Sriwijaya FC.

At Jinan, China:

Lu Zheng (54') and Han Peng (72') each scored once as Shandong Luneng blanked visiting FC Seoul 2-0.

GROUP F STANDINGS:

1. Gamba Osaka (GP: 3; GD: +10; PTS: 9)
2. Shandong Luneng (GP: 3; GD: +4; PTS: 6)
3. FC Seoul (GP: 3; GD: -2; PTS: 3)
4. Sriwijaya FC (GP: 3; GD: -12; PTS: 0)

Group H:

At Gosford, New South Wales, Australia:

Chong Tese (7'), Hiroyuki Taniguchi (21'), Juninho (36'), Kengo Naknmura (48'), and Renatinho (69') each contributed a goal as Kawasaki Frontale let the good times roll in their 5-0 road demolition of the Central Coast Mariners.

At Pohang, South Korea:

Hwang Jin-Sung scored the only goal of the match (68') as the Pohang Steelers topped visiting Tianjin Teda FC 1-0.

GROUP H STANDINGS:

1. Kawasaki Frontale (GP: 3; GD: +6; PTS: 7)
2. Pohang Steelers (GP: 3; GD: +1; PTS: 5)
3. Central Coast Mariners (GP: 3; GD: -5; PTS: 2)
4. Tianjin Teda FC (GP: 3; GD: -2; PTS: 1)