Fabio Cannavaro expects his angry Guangzhou Evergrande players to overturn a first-leg deficit against South Korean side Seongnam and reach the Asian Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday.
The Chinese champions conceded a 96th-minute penalty from Kim Do-heon to lose 2-1 in the first leg in Korea last week and had defender Li Xuepeng sent off in the second half.
“The players are angry and annoyed,” Cannavaro said.
“They are angry because it was a tough match and we had a red card and a penalty, but I trust they will use this anger in the second match when we play at home in Guangzhou.
“We scored an away goal and that is very important. We will look to prepare and we will see who passes to the next round.”
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Evergrande are without a win in their past four Champions League matches and conceded another late goal to draw 2-2 with Guangzhou R&F in the Chinese Super League on Saturday.
Cannavaro, though, expects the noisy support at Tianhe Stadium to sweep them to victory.
“In Europe you see this atmosphere; every game in our stadium is amazing,” he said.
“The stadium is full, a lot of people with the red T-shirts, so the atmosphere will be totally different. It is important for the players as when they come to the stadium they are excited.”
Seongnam are one of four Korean sides looking for a quarter-final berth but the only one with an edge in the second leg.
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