A last-gasp winner lifted Adelaide United to the top of their group and spared Australian blushes in the AFC Champions League on Wednesday. Bruce Djite's 90th-minute header handed the 2008 runners-up a 1-0 win over South Korea's Pohang Steelers and made up for the 5-0 mauling handed out to Australia's Central Coast Mariners by Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.
A-League champions Brisbane Roar had also seen their Asian campaign all but ended on Tuesday. But in Adelaide, goalkeeper-captain Eugene Galekovic led by example as the Reds pulled off a vital win.
With two games to play, Adelaide now lead Group E by three points from Pohang and Uzbekistan's Bunyodkor, who beat 2008 winners Gamba Osaka 3-2 in Tashkent. In Group G, Seongnam went top on goal difference from Nagoya Grampus thanks to their 5-0 demolition of Australia's Central Coast.
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