Soccer-Win over Changchun seals Guangzhou's Asian Champions League berth

A penalty deep into injury time by Moises, however, earned Hao Wei's title winners a point and left Shanghai two points adrift of Guangzhou. Shanghai and Guangzhou meet in the final game of the season on Tuesday, with Zheng's team needing only a draw to be sure of finishing as runners-up for the second campaign in a row after missing out on last year's title to now-defunct Jiangsu Suning.

Guangzhou FC confirmed their place in next year's Asian Champions League at Tianhe Stadium on Saturday after the eight-time Chinese Super League champions handed Changchun Yatai a 2-0 defeat.

Goals in the final 17 minutes from Ling Jie and Tan Kaiyuan earned Zheng Zhi's side all three points against fourth-placed Changchun and, with one game in the season remaining, ensured Guangzhou cannot finish any lower than third in the standings. Guangzhou's win also means Shanghai Port are guaranteed at least a third-place finish following their 2-2 draw with newly crowned champions Shandong Taishan.

Hu Jinghang scored in the 69th minute for Shanghai to cancel out Duan Liuyu's eighth minute opener while Aaron Mooy gave Port the lead seven minutes later. A penalty deep into injury time by Moises, however, earned Hao Wei's title winners a point and left Shanghai two points adrift of Guangzhou.

Shanghai and Guangzhou meet in the final game of the season on Tuesday, with Zheng's team needing only a draw to be sure of finishing as runners-up for the second campaign in a row after missing out on last year's title to now-defunct Jiangsu Suning. Elsewhere, Shenzhen FC defeated 10-man Hebei FC through a second half goal from Alan Kardec while Beijing Guoan and Guangzhou City played out a 1-1 draw.

Matches in the championship rounds of the Chinese Super League are being played in a biosecure bubble in Guangzhou to limit cross-country travel due to the ongoing pandemic.

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