Kashima crushed Indonesian minnows Persipura Jayapura 5-0 with strikes by Yuya Osako, Toru Araiba, and Mitsuo Ogasawara and a brace from Brazilian striker Marquinhos making it three wins out of three.

The J-League outfit started strongly but the slippery conditions hampered them until Araiba made the breakthrough on 39 minutes when his cross found the net.

A minute into first-half injury time and Marquinhos doubled their lead after meeting a Daiki Iwamasa corner kick.

Kashima were in a different class and three more goals in the second-half ended a miserable night for hapless Persipura who have now conceded 13 times in three games.

Korea international Lee Dong-Gook's last-gasp goal helped secure a hard-fought 2-1 victory for Jeonbuk Motors over Changchun Yatai in the other Group F game.

Substitute Du Zhenyu put hosts Changchun ahead in the 64th minute with a left-footed drive that was canceled out by Choi Tae-Uk 10 minutes later.

Lee scored the winner for the K-League champions five minutes before the final whistle, curling home Seo Jung-Jin's pass inside the box.   At Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide moved closer to the knockout round with a come-from-behind 3-2 win over Japan's Sanfrecce Hiroshima in Group H.

Adelaide bounced back after Sanfrecce took the lead, scoring twice in four minutes to remain unbeaten.

Captain Travis Dodd opened the scoring with a glancing header after 11 minutes but Sanfrecce raced to a 2-1 lead after a volley from Kazuyuki Morisaki in the 55th minute and a header from Issei Takayanagi 20 minutes later.

But giant defender Robert Cornthwaite headed a 78th-minute equalizer and Brazilian Cassio found the net with a deflected free kick to claim victory for the Reds with eight minutes left.

Defending champions Pohang Steelers of Korea remained second in the group after a hard-fought 1-0 home win over China's Shandong Luneng with Noh Byung-Joon's seventh minute goal enough to secure three points.
 

Meantime, financially stricken Portsmouth have ruled out an immediate mass exodus of top players despite being given special permission to sell outside the transfer window by the Premier League.

Portsmouth, who had nine points deducted last week after going into administration, are almost certain to be relegated but the relaxation of the League's transfer rules means the club can off-load players to reduce its estimated 70 million pounds debts.

Despite the decision by the Premier League's Board on Wednesday, Portsmouth's administrator Andrew Andronikou said it would not mean a fire sale of its top earners such as England goalkeeper David James.

"I'm not expecting an exodus. If there was an opportunity I wouldn't sell more than one or two," he told Reuters by telephone.

The League said any players Portsmouth sell will not be allowed to play for their new clubs this season while another stipulation would be that FIFA approval is needed to sell players to the Football League or abroad.

"The club is now stable and we have control of the cash flow and we are looking at all aspects of its overheads and stripping out unneccessary costs to make it a viable business," Andronikou said.

"But the club still needs to play football, it still has a fixture list to fulfill and an FA Cup semi-final to play and hopefully a final to get into. I don't want to interfere with (manager) Avram Grant's plans.

"This decision is a good one in that it gives us another option and effectively gives us a head start into what we could realize in terms of transfers from our squad of players."   With Portsmouth marooned at the foot of the Premier League despite a morale-boosting win over Hull City on Saturday, Andronikou said his main priority was to make sure the south coast club reduced its overheads and came out of administration.