Asian Champions League | Goulart leads Evergrande past Western Sydney

Lee Woong-hee, left, of South Korea’s FC Seoul kicks the ball as Hiroyuki Takasaki of Japan’s Kashima Antlers looks on during their Group H soccer match in the Asian Champions League

Ricardo Goulart’s hat trick led Chinese side Guangzhou Evergrande to a 3-2 win over titleholder Western Sydney in the Asian Champions League yesterday.
Goulart scored in the 19th minute, and put the visitors ahead for good with his second of the night in the 59th, one minute after Iacopo La Rocca equalized with a header.
Goulart made it 3-1 five minutes later, and Romeo Castalen pulled one back in injury time. In Seoul, Kim Jin-kyu scored after an hour as FC Seoul beat Kashima Antlers 1-0 in the other Group H match.
Brandon Borrello scored just two minutes in at Saitama Stadium as Brisbane Roar beat Urawa Reds 1-0 to hand the Japanese side its second straight loss in Group G.
Yosuke Kashiwagi lost possession on the edge of the area and Thomas Broich fed Borrello, who beat Urawa goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa with an angled drive.
At Beijing Workers’ Stadium, Dejan Damjanovic scored midway through the second half as Chinese qualifiers Beijing Guoan stayed undefeated in Group G with a 1-0 win over South Korean side Suwon Bluewings.
In Tashkent, Uzbek club Lokomotiv claimed its first point in the tournament after a 1-1 draw with Iranian champion Foolad Khouzestan.
Oleg Zoteev scored in the seventh minute for tournament debutante Lokomotiv but Mehrdad Jamaati equalized for the visitors 12 minutes before halftime. AP