AFC Champions League: Beijing FC Ease Past Melbourne

Doha, November 24 (QNA) - Beijing FC eased Tuesday past Melbourne Victory, defeating them 3-1 in Group E of the 2020 AFC Champions League on Tuesday. The Chinese side went into the game with a 100% record from two games, while the Australian side had won their opener in February, going on to lose their second game a week later. Renato Augusto opened the scoring midway through the first half after he had initially played teammate Jonathan Viera in, the Spaniard dribbled through the defense before cutting back to Augusto and the latter made no mistake placing the shot to keeper Matthew Acton’s left far to put Beijing FC in front. Alan doubled the score just over 10 minutes later with a magnificently placed header after Augusto whipped in a cross from the left flank from a blistering counter-attack by the Chinese Super League side. AFC's main website said that the game was virtually over when substitute Wang Ziming fired a low shot into the bottom left corner just four minutes after coming onto the pitch, after receiving the ball from Ba Dun, who had also come on a few minutes earlier, to make the score 3-0 a little over 15 minutes from time. Melbourne's consolation came via a shot that deflected off Kim Min-jae into the net. The result leaves Beijing FC at the helm of Group E with nine points from three games, while Melbourne Victory remain in third place on three points with the two teams facing off again in three days. (QNA)