Esteghlal vs Al Duhail, 2019 AFC Champions League, Group Stage

· AFC Champions League Elite
Esteghlal
  • 53': Roozbeh Cheshmi
FT
1 - 1
Al Duhail
  • 55': Edmílson Junior

About

Esteghlal are hosting Al Duhail at Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran, starting on . The match is a part of the AFC Champions League Elite.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 3': Esmael Gonçalves (Esteghlal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 3': Foul by Bassam Al Rawi (Al Duhail).
  • 6': Offside, Esteghlal. Farshid Bagheri tries a through ball, but Morteza Tabrizi is caught offside.
  • 7': Ali Hassan Afif (Al Duhail) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 7': Foul by Dariush Shojaeian (Esteghlal).
  • 7': Dariush Shojaeian (Esteghlal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 7': Delay in match Ali Hassan Afif (Al Duhail) because of an injury.
  • 8': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 11': Dariush Shojaeian (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 11': Foul by Assim Madibo (Al Duhail).
  • 12': Ayanda Patosi (Esteghlal) hits the left post with a right footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
  • 12': Corner, Esteghlal. Conceded by Ali Hassan Afif.
  • 13': Attempt missed. Ali Karimi (Esteghlal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ayanda Patosi with a cross following a corner.
  • 14': Foul by Ali Karimi (Esteghlal).
  • 14': Youssef El-Arabi (Al Duhail) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 14': Attempt missed. Bassam Al Rawi (Al Duhail) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation.
  • 15': Foul by Almoez Ali (Al Duhail).
  • 15': Roozbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Foul by Ali Karimi (Esteghlal).
  • 16': Shoya Nakajima (Al Duhail) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 17': Attempt missed. Bassam Al Rawi (Al Duhail) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left from a direct free kick.
  • 18': Hand ball by Edmilson Junior (Al Duhail).
  • 21': Attempt saved. Youssef El-Arabi (Al Duhail) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Edmilson Junior.
  • 22': Corner, Esteghlal. Conceded by Bassam Al Rawi.
  • 24': Attempt missed. Morteza Tabrizi (Esteghlal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 26': Hand ball by Esmael Gonçalves (Esteghlal).
  • 26': Armin Sohrabian (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Foul by Edmilson Junior (Al Duhail).
  • 27': Ayanda Patosi (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 27': Foul by Edmilson Junior (Al Duhail).
  • 30': Foul by Farshid Bagheri (Esteghlal).
  • 30': Shoya Nakajima (Al Duhail) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Offside, Esteghlal. Ali Karimi tries a through ball, but Morteza Tabrizi is caught offside.
  • 35': Ayanda Patosi (Esteghlal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 35': Foul by Assim Madibo (Al Duhail).
  • 35': Attempt missed. Ali Karimi (Esteghlal) header from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ayanda Patosi with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 38': Foul by Ahmed Yasser (Al Duhail).
  • 38': Morteza Tabrizi (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Attempt missed. Shoya Nakajima (Al Duhail) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Edmilson Junior.
  • 40': Hand ball by Farshid Bagheri (Esteghlal).
  • 40': Edmilson Junior (Al Duhail) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 40': Foul by Armin Sohrabian (Esteghlal).
  • 41': Corner, Esteghlal. Conceded by Ahmed Yasser.
  • 43': Attempt blocked. Ali Karimi (Esteghlal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 43': Corner, Esteghlal. Conceded by Assim Madibo.
  • 45'+1': Corner, Al Duhail. Conceded by Vorya Ghafouri.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Esteghlal 0, Al Duhail 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Esteghlal 0, Al Duhail 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Esteghlal. Omid Noorafkan replaces Dariush Shojaeian.
  • 46': Foul by Ayanda Patosi (Esteghlal).
  • 46': Medhi Benatia (Al Duhail) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 47': Attempt missed. Morteza Tabrizi (Esteghlal) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ali Karimi.
  • 48': Esmael Gonçalves (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 48': Foul by Medhi Benatia (Al Duhail).
  • 50': Foul by Morteza Tabrizi (Esteghlal).
  • 50': Medhi Benatia (Al Duhail) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 53': Corner, Esteghlal. Conceded by Luiz Júnior.
  • 53': Goal! Esteghlal 1, Al Duhail 0. Roozbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Farshid Bagheri following a corner.
  • 55': Goal! Esteghlal 1, Al Duhail 1. Edmilson Junior (Al Duhail) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
  • 56': Attempt missed. Ayanda Patosi (Esteghlal) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Vorya Ghafouri.
  • 57': Ali Hassan Afif (Al Duhail) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 57': Foul by Esmael Gonçalves (Esteghlal).
  • 59': Foul by Bassam Al Rawi (Al Duhail).
  • 59': Roozbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Ayanda Patosi (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 59': Foul by Assim Madibo (Al Duhail).
  • 59': Ahmed Yasser (Al Duhail) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Foul by Omid Noorafkan (Esteghlal).
  • 61': Corner, Esteghlal. Conceded by Bassam Al Rawi.
  • 62': Attempt missed. Pejman Montazeri (Esteghlal) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ayanda Patosi with a cross following a corner.
  • 62': Foul by Youssef El-Arabi (Al Duhail).
  • 62': Omid Noorafkan (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 63': Hand ball by Esmael Gonçalves (Esteghlal).
  • 65': Foul by Armin Sohrabian (Esteghlal).
  • 65': Shoya Nakajima (Al Duhail) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 65': Armin Sohrabian (Esteghlal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 66': Attempt saved. Bassam Al Rawi (Al Duhail) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 68': Corner, Al Duhail. Conceded by Armin Sohrabian.
  • 69': Substitution, Esteghlal. Mehdi Ghayedi replaces Farshid Bagheri.
  • 69': Corner, Esteghlal. Conceded by Ahmed Yasser.
  • 70': Attempt blocked. Ali Karimi (Esteghlal) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vorya Ghafouri with a cross.
  • 70': Corner, Esteghlal. Conceded by Bassam Al Rawi.
  • 71': Ali Karimi (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 71': Dangerous play by Ali Hassan Afif (Al Duhail).
  • 72': Attempt missed. Morteza Tabrizi (Esteghlal) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ayanda Patosi following a set piece situation.
  • 72': Edmilson Junior (Al Duhail) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 72': Foul by Armin Sohrabian (Esteghlal).
  • 74': Ali Hassan Afif (Al Duhail) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Foul by Vorya Ghafouri (Esteghlal).
  • 77': Attempt saved. Shoya Nakajima (Al Duhail) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Youssef El-Arabi.
  • 77': Almoez Ali (Al Duhail) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the centre of the box.
  • 77': Attempt missed. Omid Noorafkan (Esteghlal) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Vorya Ghafouri.
  • 78': Substitution, Al Duhail. Mohammed Musa replaces Ali Hassan Afif.
  • 79': Attempt saved. Ahmed Yasser (Al Duhail) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner.
  • 79': Corner, Al Duhail. Conceded by Seyed Hossein Hosseini.
  • 80': Attempt missed. Edmilson Junior (Al Duhail) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
  • 80': Corner, Esteghlal. Conceded by Edmilson Junior.
  • 81': Corner, Esteghlal. Conceded by Amine Lecomte.
  • 83': Esmael Gonçalves (Esteghlal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 83': Foul by Ahmed Yasser (Al Duhail).
  • 83': Substitution, Esteghlal. Reza Karimi replaces Ali Karimi.
  • 84': Foul by Roozbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal).
  • 84': Youssef El-Arabi (Al Duhail) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Edmilson Junior (Al Duhail) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Foul by Mehdi Ghayedi (Esteghlal).
  • 86': Hand ball by Reza Karimi (Esteghlal).
  • 87': Substitution, Al Duhail. Mohammed Muntari replaces Youssef El-Arabi.
  • 90': Offside, Esteghlal. Ayanda Patosi tries a through ball, but Morteza Tabrizi is caught offside.
  • 90'+1': Esmael Gonçalves (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Almoez Ali (Al Duhail).
  • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Armin Sohrabian (Esteghlal) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Esmael Gonçalves.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Mohammed Muntari (Al Duhail).
  • 90'+3': Roozbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Edmilson Junior (Al Duhail) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Reza Karimi (Esteghlal).
  • 90'+4': Almoez Ali (Al Duhail) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+4': Substitution, Al Duhail. Murad Naji replaces Almoez Ali.
  • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Mohammed Muntari (Al Duhail) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Esteghlal 1, Al Duhail 1.
  • 90'+4': Match ends, Esteghlal 1, Al Duhail 1.

Statistics

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16 Fouls 19
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 3
3 Corner Kicks 10
0 Saves 4
47.4 Possession 52.6
11 SHOTS 13
5 ON GOAL 1
0.5 On Target % 0.1
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
283 Accurate Passes 331
380 Passes 408
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 6
11 Crosses 23
0.4 Cross % 0.3
69 Long Balls 53
23 Accurate Long Balls 28
0.3 Long Balls % 0.5
0 Blocked Shots 2
9 Effective Tackles 10
16 Tackles 17
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
12 Interceptions 6
20 Effective Clearances 12
20 Clearances 12

Game Information

Competition: AFC Champions League Elite

Venue: Azadi Stadium
Location: Tehran, Iran
Attendance: 37,400

Line-Ups

EST Esteghlal (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
22 Hossein Hosseini (GK)
33 Pejman Montazeri
4 Roozbeh Cheshmi
13 Armin Sohrabian Yellow Card
21 Voria Ghafouri
11 Morteza Tabrizi
14 Farshid Bagheri
6 Ali Karimi
23 Dariush Shojaeian Yellow Card
5 Ayanda Patosi
20 Esmaël Gonçalves
Esteghlal Substitutes:
Mehdi Rahmati, Meysam Teymourie, Omid Norafkan, Rouhollah Bagheri, Farshad Mohammadi, Reza Karimi, Mehdi Ghayedi.

ALD Al Duhail (3-4-3)

No. Name
40 Amine Lecomte (GK)
4 Medhi Benatia
6 Ahmed Yasser
5 Bassam Al-Rawi
8 Luiz Ceará
15 Assim Madibo
20 Ali Afif
17 Edmílson Junior
9 Youssef El Arabi
19 Almoez Ali Yellow Card
10 Shoya Nakajima
Al Duhail Substitutes:
Mohammed Musa Ali, Khalifa Abu Baker, Murad Naji, Mohammed Muntari, Khalid Muneer, Abdullah Al Ahrak, Hazem Shehata.

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