Wu's double puts SIPG on verge of Asian Champions League semis


FILE PHOTO: Wu Lei of China in action. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji Picture Supplied by Action Images

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Wu Lei scored twice as Shanghai SIPG comfortably defeated two-time Asian Champions League winners Guangzhou Evergrande 4-0 on Tuesday in the first leg of their all-Chinese Super League quarter-final of the continental club championship.

Playing for the first time in the Asian Champions League since the departure of Brazilian midfielder Paulinho in a 40 million euro ($47 million) transfer to Barcelona last week, Evergrande were torn apart by Andre Villas-Boas' side, who are now one game away from their first appearance in the semi-finals of the competition.

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