Huang Bowen(L) of Guangzhou Evergrande vies with Carlos Eduardo of Kashiwa Reysol during their AFC Champions League quarter-final second leg match at Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Centre in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Sept. 15, 2015. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)
GUANGZHOU, China, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- With Huang Bowen's beautiful volley equalizer, Guangzhou Evergrande tied Kashiwa Reysol at halftime of the second leg of AFC Champions League quarterfinals here on Tuesday.
Elkeson's header narrowly missed the target in the third minute.
But it was the visiting team opened the scoring in the 12th minute, Cristiano headed home after Akimi Barada's free kick.
The home side were so close to equalize in the 20th minute, only to see Zheng Long flick the ball past keeper Sugeno Takanori but just off the left post.
Paulinho, who scored a stunning free-kick goal 40 meters before the goal in the first leg, failed to hit the target at the similar distance in the 24th minute.
Guangzhou finally pulled level just before the half hour mark, Huang Bowen fired a beautiful volley into the back of net from the edge of box after Zheng Zhi's free-kick cross.
Kashiwa needed two more goals to prevent the elimination as Guangzhou led 4-2 on aggregate.
