BEIJING, Apr twenty-nine (Reuters) - Chinese football took a smallstep towards informal respectability when champions BeijingGuoan became a first bar from a country for 4 years toreach a impressive person stages of a Asian Champions League.
Beijing beat Japan’s Kawasaki Frontale 2-0 at a WorkersStadium upon Wednesday to strech a final 16, a first Chineseclub since Shanghai Shenhua in 2006 to get out of a groupstage in a continent’s premier bar competition.
There has been small good news for Chinese soccer in thelast 4 years with a match-fixing liaison leading to thearrest of a conduct of a Chinese Football Association (CFA)and a national group again failing to qualify for a WorldCup.
Beijing will fool around Suwon Bluewings, one of 4 South Koreanteams in a final 16, for a place in a quarter-finals upon May11.
(Reporting by Nick Mulvenney; Editing by Alastair Himmer.To query or comment upon this story emailsportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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