AFC Champions League Two
The win took Jordi Vinyals’ side to nine points but it wasn’t enough to overtake Singapore’s Lion City Sailors FC, who defeated Thailand’s Port FC 5-2 in the other match to advance to the knockout stage as group winners.
Under difficult weather conditions at Si Jalak Harupat Stadium, Zhejiang were quicker to settle and raced to a 2-0 lead.
Sun Zhengao’s clever nod across the goalmouth in the 15th minute gave Franko Andrijasevic the chance to sweep the ball home from just inside the box to put Zhejiang in front.
The Chinese Super League side doubled their advantage seven minutes later when Jean Kouassi’s solo run saw him round Persib goalkeeper Kevin Ray Mendoza before slotting home.
Persib were undaunted and reduced the deficit in the 31st minute when Beckham Putra finished from close range after Ciro’s initial shot had been blocked.
Zhejiang restored their two-goal advantage eight minutes later, Andrijasevic was left completely unmarked at the back post to turn in Gu Bin’s free-kick with ease.
The second half began with both teams exchanging attacks but it was Zhejiang who went on to increase their lead in the 57th minute when Andrijasevic set Kouassi up for a clinical finish.
Persib pushed on valiantly and scored through David da Silva (70th) and Tyronne Gustavo (90th+5) but that was to be it as Zhejiang hung on for the win.
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