Beijing FC benefitted from goals in added time but Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors suffered late agony, while FC Tokyo are opening up a lead in Japan. Elsewhere, the top of the table remains tight in both Chinese Taipei and Mongolia, so join the-AFC.com as we bring you up to speed after an eventful weekend.

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Schmidt inspired Beijing to the best start in CSL history as they won all 10 of their opening matches, to go with the FA Cup they lifted under him the previous season.

But they failed to progress out of their AFC Champions League group and have fallen to third, four points behind leaders Guangzhou Evergrande, in the CSL.

The 55-year-old, who managed the Italian national team in 2006-2008, has spent his entire coaching career in Italy and his last job was in charge of Bologna.

He left the Serie A club in June last year after nearly three years.

Donadoni takes over at Shenzhen from the ex-Real Madrid head coach Juan Ramon Lopez Caro.

The East Asians will face the world’s number one side in Charlotte and Chicago in October as part of the Americans’ five-match Victory Tour, celebrating the world title they won in Lyon last month.

The tour has been scheduled as part of Korea Republic’s run-in to December’s EAFF E-1 Championship in Busan, as well as their bid to reach Tokyo 2020, which begins early next year.

With few ties in Korea Republic and Japan in their latest round of fixtures, we focus on Mongolia, China PR and Chinese Taipei where there is significant movement at the top of their respective standings.

Uzbekistan Super League leaders Pakhtakor racked up back-to-back 5-0 wins and saw their nearest rivals knock out of the cup in the Round of 16; a stage which saw two lower league clubs produce a 4-4 classic.

Elsewhere, Altyn Asyr FC won the Turkmenistan Super Cup, while Tajikistan’s big two scored seven goals apiece in huge first leg wins.