Guangzhou Evergrande vs Western Sydney Wanderers 27/8/14 8:00PM

By mack

• August 22, 2014
Opponent: Guangzhou Evergrande
Home Team: Guangzhou Evergrande
Away Team: Western Sydney Wanderers
Sydney Kick-Off Time: 10:00PM EST
Round: Quarter Final
Competition: Asian Champions League
Location: Guangzhou, China
Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Result: West Sydney Loss
Western Sydney Score: 1
Opponent Score: 2
Time Of Result: 90 Minutes
Western Sydney Starting Lineup: Ante Covic, Shannon Cole, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Labinot Haliti, Mateo Poljak, Tomi Juric, Kwabena Appiah, Brendan Hamill, Iacopo La Rocca, Mark Bridge, Antony Golec
Western Sydney Substitutions: Vitor Saba (Kwabena Appiah 69), Brendon Santalab (Tomi Juric 78)
Western Sydney Unused Substitues: Dean Bouzanis, Jason Trifiro, Jaushua Sotirio, Alusine Fofanah, Daniel Alessi
Western Sydney Goals: Tomi Juric (58)
Western Sydney Cards: Mark Bridge (Yellow 38), Shannon Cole (Yellow 56), Tomi Juric (Yellow 59), Brendon Santalab (Yellow 85)
Western Sydney Manager: Tony Popovic
Opponent Starting Lineup: Fend Xiaoting, Elkeson Cardoso, Zheng Zhi, Huang Bownen, Liu Jian, Zeng Cheng, Alessandro Diamanti, Sun Xiang, Rong Hao, Li Xuepeng, Alberto Gilardino
Opponent Substitutions: Liao Lishend (Rong Hao 32), Yu Hanchao (Huang Bowen 46), Dong Xuesheng (Li Xuepeng 74)
Opponent Unused Substitues: Mei Fang, Feng Juyan, Li Shuai, Zhao Xuri
Opponent Goals: Alessandro Diamanti (61), Elekson Cardoso (90+1)
Opponent Cards: Alessandro Diamanti (Yellow 53), Zeng Cheng (Yellow 19)
Opponent Manager: Massimiliano Maddaloni
Attendance: 39874
Referee: Ryuji Sato
Post Match Thread: Wanderers Into ACL Semi-Final On Away Goals!
Note 1: The Western Sydney Wanderers progressed in the Quarter Final tie on the away goals rule, with a 2-2 aggregate score being broken by the sole away goal scored by Tomi Juric in this match.
Note 2: This is the second leg of the Quarter Final tie. The Western Sydney Wanderers won the first leg, at home, by 1 goal to 0.
Note 3: Brendon Santalab, Shannon Cole & Tomi Juric are suspended for the next Asian Champions League match due to accumulation of yellow cards.
Note 4: Guangzhou Evergrande's usual manager Marcelo Lippi was suspended for this match as a result of his actions in the first leg, after running onto the pitch to remonstrate with the officials the AFC banned him from the touchline for this match.
Note 5: Antony Golec (10), Mateo Poljak (50), Iacopo La Rocca (50) played a milestone number of games for the Wanderers in this match.
Note 6: Tomi Juric scored his 10th goal for the Wanderers in this match.