The third round game for Group H in AFC League kicked off on Mar. 18 in Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium. Guangzhou Evergrande beat the away Japan’s Kashima Antlers 4:3, claiming its 3rd straight win in the new season to maintain its Group H 100% record.

Ricardo Goulart scored twice

In the game, the new foreign player, Brazilian Ricardo Goulart scored twice to continue his strong momentum while Elkeson announced his return by striking header. The national football player, Zhao Xuri scored a delightful one-on-one goal in the second half to seal the victory for the team.

The team is celebrating the victory

A new 5-year plan of being an internationally top team is proposed by the club in this new season, and defending the AFC and CSL championships has become the only goal of the club in the season. Though the club’s start to the season has been obsessed by injuries to key players, such as Zeng Cheng, Zhang Linpeng and Alan, the team maintains its full win record in AFC League and CSL at present in the new season, and Ricardo Goulart even tops the list of AFC scorers with 6 goals in 3 games.