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Daiya Tono built on the home side’s 1-0 win from the first leg with the opener in the second minute before Anderson Lopes scored the first of his two goals on the evening in the 29th minute.
And while Leonardo gave Shanghai Port hope with a close range finish in the 35th minute, Yan Matheus hit the third just before half time and Lopes scored his second 11 minutes after the interval to put the seal on a comprehensive victory.
The win takes F Marinos into the last eight for the second season in a row following their run to the final of the AFC Champions League last year, and the J1 League side made the perfect start by going ahead with less than two minutes on the clock.
Yan Junling’s pass out of the penalty area put Xu Xin under pressure and the midfielder’s attempt to pass on possession was blocked by Asahi Uenaka. The ball fell to Riku Yamane, who fed Uenaka and his pass released Tono into the area to crash a left-foot shot past Yan.
The home side almost doubled their advantage seven minutes later as the home side dominated the opening exchanges.
Ryo Miyaichi let fly with a long-range attempt that Yan parried, diving to his left and Tono hit the post with his follow-up, only to be ruled offside.
Shanghai Port were offering little in attack with Wang Zhenao’s attempt flying across the face of goal a rare sortie forward for the visitors.
Instead, F Marinos doubled the lead as Lopes, the tournament’s top scorer, hit his eighth goal of the current campaign.
Kodjo Aziangbe drove forward through the heart of the Shanghai Port midfield before slipping the ball through to the Brazilian, whose dinked finish on run over Yan eventually bounced over the line.
Shanghai Port halved the deficit before halftime, Leonardo bundling the ball over the line from close range after Li Ang had glanced Mateus’ corner towards goal.
Tono thought he had restored the two-goal advantage but his chipped effort was ruled out for offside, although F Marinos managed to score their third with a minute left in the half when Yan Matheus steered a left-foot shot around Yan.
Lopes scored his second of the evening – and ninth of the campaign – after the interval when he was fed by Sandy Walsh, the Indonesia international picking up the ball after Aziangbe’s shot from distance had cannoned back off Yan’s right post.
Gustavo thought he had claimed a consolation for Shanghai Port with 17 minutes remaining only to see it ruled out by VAR for offside as F Marinos secured a resounding win.
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