Chinese clubs frustrated in AFC Champions League

 　　GUANGZHOU, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Super League champions Guangzhou Evergrande suffered a 2-1 home loss against Thai League champions Buriram United in the AFC Champions League here Wednesday night, leaving the group qualifying favor out of their own hands.

　　"We were in a very nice position after we won the game over Jeonbuk, but today we gave it up. We made some terrible mistakes, I want to say sorry to our fans," said Guangzhou's coach Lee Jang-Soo at the press conference after the match.

　　Bagging the vital 3 points on the road, Buriram United are leading the group comfortably by a margin¹ of 3 points, following Kashiwa Reysol and Guangzhou Evergrande.

　　Winning a penalty and scoring a winner, Ghanaian winger Frank Acheampong had inspired the visiting team's victory. The 19-year old almost dismantled² the right wing of the home side, despite missing three one-on-one chances.

　　Conca, Murriqui and Cleo, who combined 5 goals for Guangzhou in their first AFC Champions League match against Jeonbuk Hyundai, created little chances as they suffered unprecedented³ physical and miss-connection problems.

　　Cleo's equalizing header in the 68th minute preserved the hope for the home team, but their effort to overtake only left the opponents to celebrate victory after Acheampong scored in a counter-strike in the 79th minutes.

　　"We are happy to win. We thought we could only score one before the match, but we got two," said Puspakom, Burriam United's coach.

　　"I ever thought Conca, Murriqui and Cleo were very sharp in attack, but after watching 10 minutes, I though I was wrong, I had overestimated⁴ them, who contributed nothing to the team," he added.

　　Guangzhou's defeat marked none of the three Chinese clubs got a single victory in the AFC Champions League this round.

　　Earlier in the afternoon, Chinese FA Cup winners Tianjin Teda earned a 1-1 draw with South Korean Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma. Beijing Guoan picked up their first points after sharing a 1-1 draw with Australian Brisbane Roar on Tuesday.

　　All the three Chinese teams in the AFC Champions League are in third place after 2 matches played at their own group, a vulnerable position because only two of the four teams in a group could qualify for the knockout round.

　　"Losing today's match, we are now in a dangerous position. But it is not the clutch time yet, we still have 4 games to play. We will make good preparations," said Lee Jang-Soo.

1 margin   

n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘

参考例句：

• We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。

2 dismantled   

拆开( dismantle的过去式和过去分词 )； 拆卸； 废除； 取消

参考例句：

• The plant was dismantled of all its equipment and furniture. 这家工厂的设备和家具全被拆除了。
• The Japanese empire was quickly dismantled. 日本帝国很快被打垮了。

3 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

4 overestimated   

对（数量）估计过高，对…作过高的评价( overestimate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They overestimated his ability when they promoted him. 他们提拔他的时候高估了他的能力。
• The Ministry of Finance consistently overestimated its budget deficits. 财政部一贯高估预算赤字。