Guangzhou Evergrande still hopeful of defending CSL champion

Source: Xinhua| 2018-10-06 23:28:12|Editor: Liangyu
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JINAN, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Gao Lin of Guangzhou Evergrande scored his tenth goal of the season in a 3-0 victory over Hebei China Fortune on Saturday in the 25th round of Chinese Super League (CSL).

Gao Lin netted the first goal for Guangzhou two minutes into the game. Hebei's best opportunity came in the 48th minute when Ezequiel Lavezzi narrowly missed the target. At 59th minute, Alan Douglas scored to make the lead to 2-0. Yu Hanchao's goal hit the post first and bounced into the net at 62nd minute to complete the victory for the visiting team.

Guangzhou got 54 points so far, only one point behind league leader Shanghai SIPG who has a match in hand.

Earlier in the day, Jiangsu Suning took a 1-0 lead against Dalian Yifang thanks to Gabriel Paletta's quick goal. Nyasha Mushekwi of Yifang scored the equalizer before the break. Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco added another goal before Mushekwi sealed the victory 3-1 for Dalian.

In other games of the day, Shanghai Shenhua beat Chongqing Siwei 1-0. Tianjin Taida played to a 3-3 draw with Changchun Yatai.

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