28 Mar 2024
Wednesday 13 September 2017 - 09:15
Story Code : 275542

Ten-man Persepolis routs Al-Ahli 3-1 in AFC Champions League

Ten-man Persepolis routs Al-Ahli 3-1 in AFC Champions League


Persian Gulf - Irans Persian Gulf Pro League professional soccer club Persepolishas clinched an emphatic win against Al-Ahli of Saudi Arabia in the quarterfinal round ofthe 2017 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League, and advanced to the next stage of the tournament.

On Tuesday evening, the Iranian soccer playerssucceeded to defeat the Saudi side 3-1 at the end of a fixture played at the multi-purpose al-Jazira Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.

Persepolissoccer players opened the matchwith vim and vigor, and approachedtheir opponents' goal early into the game.

Persepolis 23-year-old Ali Alipourghara took advantage of an ideal opportunity in the fifth minute to put his side on the scoreboard.

In the 11th minute, Persepolis midfielder Kamal Kamyabinia wasshownared cardfor committing a clear foul onan Al-Ahli player.

After that, Al-Ahli footballers built up pressure on Persepolis goal in the hopeof drawing level but to no avail.

It was in the 42nd minute that Persepolis 29-year-old midfielder Vahid Amiri had a wonderful chance to double the Iranian clubs lead, but simply turned it down.

After the interval, Al-Ahli players triedhard to levelthematch.Their efforts finally paid off in the 52nd minute, when forward Saleh al-Amri found the backof Persepolisnet.

The Iranians thenmoved forwardand launched a number of attacks on Al-Ahlis goalin search of agoal.

Perespolis forward Mehdi Taremi wasbrought downin the box in the 56th minute, but the referee refused to point to thepenalty spot, prompting strong objection from Iranian footballers. Vice Captain Hossein Mahini receivedayellow cardforhis protest.

Croatian football manager Branko Ivankovi? then made three substitutions for Persepolis.

In the 80th minute, Persepolis was awarded a penalty after an Al-Ahli player committed afoulwith his hand. Nigerian striker Godwin Mensha convertedthe chance to put Iran ahead.


[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="555"] Persepolis forward Mehdi Taremi[/caption]
In the dying moments of the match, Taremi placed a penalty kick at the bottom of Al-Ahlis net and snatched a glorious 3-1 victory for Persepolis.

Persepolisis scheduled to face Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia in a semifinal showdown on September 26.

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