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

· AFC Champions League Elite

56': Medhi Benatia
73': Youssef El Arabi
90'+1': Ali Afif

FT
3 - 0

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Al Duhail are hosting Esteghlal at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar, 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.
1': Attempt saved. Shoya Nakajima (Al Duhail) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Luiz Júnior.
1': Corner, Al Duhail. Conceded by Mehdi Rahmati.
3': Attempt missed. Ayanda Patosi (Esteghlal) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Vorya Ghafouri.
4': Delay in match Godwin Mensha (Esteghlal) because of an injury.
4': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
4': Offside, Al Duhail. Medhi Benatia tries a through ball, but Youssef El-Arabi is caught offside.
6': Attempt blocked. Shoya Nakajima (Al Duhail) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sultan Al Brake.
6': Corner, Al Duhail. Conceded by Mohammad Daneshgar.
7': Corner, Al Duhail. Conceded by Omid Noorafkan.
7': Hand ball by Ayanda Patosi (Esteghlal).
11': Attempt blocked. Edmilson Junior (Al Duhail) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Murad Naji.
11': Attempt blocked. Shoya Nakajima (Al Duhail) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Youssef El-Arabi.
12': Attempt saved. Ahmed Yasser (Al Duhail) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Medhi Benatia.
15': Foul by Farshid Esmaeili (Esteghlal).
15': Karim Boudiaf (Al Duhail) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
16': Attempt blocked. Youssef El-Arabi (Al Duhail) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Murad Naji with a cross.
16': Corner, Al Duhail. Conceded by Godwin Mensha.
17': Farshid Bagheri (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
17': Foul by Medhi Benatia (Al Duhail).
17': Offside, Esteghlal. Mehdi Rahmati tries a through ball, but Godwin Mensha is caught offside.
20': Foul by Karim Boudiaf (Al Duhail).
20': Omid Noorafkan (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Foul by Ayanda Patosi (Esteghlal).
23': Shoya Nakajima (Al Duhail) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
24': Attempt saved. Shoya Nakajima (Al Duhail) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
24': Offside, Al Duhail. Shoya Nakajima tries a through ball, but Medhi Benatia is caught offside.
27': Edmilson Junior (Al Duhail) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
27': Foul by Omid Noorafkan (Esteghlal).
27': Omid Noorafkan (Esteghlal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
31': Attempt blocked. Ayanda Patosi (Esteghlal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dariush Shojaeian.
32': Ahmed Yasser (Al Duhail) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
32': Edmilson Junior (Al Duhail) wins a free kick on the right wing.
32': Foul by Armin Sohrabian (Esteghlal).
33': Attempt saved. Youssef El-Arabi (Al Duhail) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Shoya Nakajima.
35': Ayanda Patosi (Esteghlal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
35': Foul by Luiz Júnior (Al Duhail).
36': Corner, Esteghlal. Conceded by Amine Lecomte.
39': Attempt missed. Edmilson Junior (Al Duhail) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
40': Corner, Esteghlal. Conceded by Murad Naji.
42': Attempt saved. Shoya Nakajima (Al Duhail) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bassam Al Rawi with a headed pass.
44': Foul by Dariush Shojaeian (Esteghlal).
44': Shoya Nakajima (Al Duhail) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
44': Attempt blocked. Shoya Nakajima (Al Duhail) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Edmilson Junior.
45': Delay in match Mohammad Daneshgar (Esteghlal) because of an injury.
45'+1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45'+4': First Half ends, Al Duhail 0, Esteghlal 0.
45': Second Half begins Al Duhail 0, Esteghlal 0.
46': Ahmed Yasser (Al Duhail) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
46': Foul by Dariush Shojaeian (Esteghlal).
47': Foul by Ahmed Yasser (Al Duhail).
47': Godwin Mensha (Esteghlal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
48': Ahmed Yasser (Al Duhail) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
48': Foul by Godwin Mensha (Esteghlal).
49': Attempt saved. Farshid Bagheri (Esteghlal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Farshid Esmaeili.
49': Corner, Esteghlal. Conceded by Amine Lecomte.
52': Foul by Vorya Ghafouri (Esteghlal).
52': Youssef El-Arabi (Al Duhail) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
53': Corner, Al Duhail. Conceded by Omid Noorafkan.
53': Attempt missed. Medhi Benatia (Al Duhail) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Murad Naji with a cross following a corner.
56': Corner, Al Duhail. Conceded by Mohammad Daneshgar.
56': Goal! Al Duhail 1, Esteghlal 0. Medhi Benatia (Al Duhail) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Murad Naji with a cross following a corner.
57': Attempt missed. Godwin Mensha (Esteghlal) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Farshid Esmaeili.
58': Farshid Esmaeili (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
58': Foul by Karim Boudiaf (Al Duhail).
61': Attempt missed. Farshid Esmaeili (Esteghlal) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dariush Shojaeian.
63': Corner, Al Duhail. Conceded by Pejman Montazeri.
64': Attempt missed. Edmilson Junior (Al Duhail) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
65': Vorya Ghafouri (Esteghlal) is shown the yellow card for dangerous play.
66': Attempt missed. Shoya Nakajima (Al Duhail) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Youssef El-Arabi with a cross.
68': Attempt missed. Shoya Nakajima (Al Duhail) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
68': Dariush Shojaeian (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
68': Foul by Murad Naji (Al Duhail).
69': Attempt missed. Farshid Bagheri (Esteghlal) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Vorya Ghafouri with a cross.
70': Foul by Armin Sohrabian (Esteghlal).
70': Murad Naji (Al Duhail) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71': Attempt saved. Omid Noorafkan (Esteghlal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ayanda Patosi.
72': Attempt missed. Shoya Nakajima (Al Duhail) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Youssef El-Arabi.
73': Goal! Al Duhail 2, Esteghlal 0. Youssef El-Arabi (Al Duhail) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
77': Offside, Esteghlal. Ayanda Patosi tries a through ball, but Dariush Shojaeian is caught offside.
80': Substitution, Esteghlal. Khosro Heydari replaces Vorya Ghafouri.
80': Substitution, Esteghlal. Esmael Gonçalves replaces Omid Noorafkan.
80': Attempt saved. Shoya Nakajima (Al Duhail) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Luiz Júnior.
81': Attempt missed. Pejman Montazeri (Esteghlal) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ayanda Patosi.
83': Foul by Pejman Montazeri (Esteghlal).
83': Shoya Nakajima (Al Duhail) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
85': Attempt blocked. Bassam Al Rawi (Al Duhail) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
85': Attempt missed. Murad Naji (Al Duhail) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation.
86': Substitution, Al Duhail. Ali Hassan Afif replaces Shoya Nakajima.
87': Foul by Youssef El-Arabi (Al Duhail).
87': Mohammad Daneshgar (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
89': Foul by Esmael Gonçalves (Esteghlal).
89': Sultan Al Brake (Al Duhail) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89': Substitution, Al Duhail. Mohammed Musa replaces Karim Boudiaf.
90'+1': Goal! Al Duhail 3, Esteghlal 0. Ali Hassan Afif (Al Duhail) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Edmilson Junior following a fast break.
90'+2': Substitution, Al Duhail. Mohammed Muntari replaces Edmilson Junior.
90'+3': Attempt blocked. Mohammed Muntari (Al Duhail) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bassam Al Rawi.
90'+4': Delay in match Mohammad Daneshgar (Esteghlal) because of an injury.
90'+5': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Al Duhail 3, Esteghlal 0.

Statistics

EST		ALD
12	Fouls	7
2	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	2
3	Corner Kicks	7
6	Saves	2
45.7	Possession	54.3
8	SHOTS	23
2	ON GOAL	9
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
327	Accurate Passes	397
404	Passes	480
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
3	Accurate Crosses	5
15	Crosses	22
0.2	Cross %	0.2
58	Long Balls	62
34	Accurate Long Balls	33
0.6	Long Balls %	0.5
1	Blocked Shots	7
19	Effective Tackles	12
23	Tackles	14
0.8	Tackle %	0.9
12	Interceptions	6
22	Effective Clearances	12
22	Clearances	12

Game Information

Competition: AFC Champions League Elite

Venue: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
Location: Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 6,888

Line-Ups

Al Duhail (3-4-3)

No.	Name
40	Amine Lecomte (GK)
4	Medhi Benatia
6	Ahmed Yasser
5	Bassam Al-Rawi
8	Luiz Ceará
12	Karim Boudiaf
18	Sultan Al-Brake
22	Murad Naji
9	Youssef El Arabi
10	Shoya Nakajima
17	Edmílson Junior

Al Duhail Substitutes:

Ali Afif, Khalid Muneer, Mohammed Musa Ali, Ahmad Sebaie, Khalifa Abu Baker, Hazem Shehata, Mohammed Muntari.

Esteghlal (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
1	Mehdi Rahmati (GK)
33	Pejman Montazeri
70	Mohammad Daneshgar
30	Omid Norafkan
13	Armin Sohrabian
21	Voria Ghafouri
5	Ayanda Patosi
14	Farshid Bagheri
8	Farshid Esmaeili
23	Dariush Shojaeian
90	Godwin Mensha

Esteghlal Substitutes:

Milad Zakipour, Mohsen Karimi, Hossein Hosseini, Khosro Heydari, Reza Azari, Morteza Tabrizi, Esmaël Gonçalves.

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