Five-Star Cerezo Maintains Group J Control as Orr Knocks Port Out

Cerezo Osaka maintained their dominance over Group J after a much-changed side thrashed Guangzhou FC 5-0 at the Chang Arena on Tuesday. The win inched Cerezo closer to a round of 16 ticket, while Port FC's own aspirations for the knockout stages were snuffed out on Tuesday's late kick-off after a Matt Orr equalizer forced the Lions of Khlong Toei to play out a 1-1 draw with Kitchee SC. Cerezo Osaka (Japan) 5-0 Guangzhou FC (China) Only Ryuya Nishio retained his place in the Cerezo starting lineup as head coach Levir Culpi made 10 changes to the full-strength team that saw off Port 3-0 in the p...