Esteghlal vs Al Rayyan, 2018 AFC Champions League, Group Stage

· AFC Champions League Elite

4': Server Djeparov
58': Voria Ghafouri (P)

FT
2 - 0

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

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
2': Farshid Esmaeili (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
2': Foul by Gonzalo Viera (Al Rayyan).
2': Attempt missed. Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
3': Foul by Farshid Esmaeili (Esteghlal).
3': Mohammed Al Aaeldin (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
4': Goal! Esteghlal 1, Al Rayyan 0. Server Djeparov (Esteghlal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Farshid Esmaeili.
10': Attempt blocked. Vouria Ghafouri (Esteghlal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
11': Armin Sohrabian (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
11': Foul by Abderazak Hamdallah (Al Rayyan).
12': Foul by Rouzbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal).
12': Rodrigo Tabata (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
14': Corner, Esteghlal. Conceded by Mohammad Jumaa.
14': Attempt missed. Armin Sohrabian (Esteghlal) header from the right side of the box misses to the right following a corner.
15': Attempt blocked. Farshid Esmaeili (Esteghlal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
17': Attempt blocked. Server Djeparov (Esteghlal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vouria Ghafouri.
17': Attempt missed. Mohsine Moutouali (Al Rayyan) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Abderazak Hamdallah.
19': Foul by Dariush Shojaeian (Esteghlal).
19': Mohammed Al Aaeldin (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
20': Attempt missed. Rodrigo Tabata (Al Rayyan) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Abderazak Hamdallah.
21': Ahmed El Sayed (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21': Foul by Farshid Esmaeili (Esteghlal).
24': Foul by Server Djeparov (Esteghlal).
24': Rodrigo Tabata (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
25': Foul by Ahmed El Sayed (Al Rayyan).
25': Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25': Attempt missed. Abderazak Hamdallah (Al Rayyan) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left. Assisted by Rodrigo Tabata.
29': Corner, Esteghlal. Conceded by Musa Haroon.
30': Ahmed El Sayed (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
30': Foul by Rouzbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal).
32': Attempt blocked. Mohsine Moutouali (Al Rayyan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Abderazak Hamdallah.
34': Farshid Esmaeili (Esteghlal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
34': Foul by Gonzalo Viera (Al Rayyan).
34': Gonzalo Viera (Al Rayyan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
35': Attempt missed. Armin Sohrabian (Esteghlal) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Omid Ebrahimi with a cross following a set piece situation.
36': Foul by Vouria Ghafouri (Esteghlal).
36': Rodrigo Tabata (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
37': Foul by Gonzalo Viera (Al Rayyan).
37': Rouzbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
38': Foul by Rouzbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal).
38': Rodrigo Tabata (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
38': Rouzbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
39': Attempt missed. Rodrigo Tabata (Al Rayyan) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
40': Attempt missed. Farshid Esmaeili (Esteghlal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Server Djeparov.
41': Attempt saved. Mohsine Moutouali (Al Rayyan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Abderazak Hamdallah.
42': Foul by Farshid Esmaeili (Esteghlal).
42': Musa Haroon (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Attempt saved. Server Djeparov (Esteghlal) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Farshid Esmaeili with a cross.
45': Attempt missed. Koh Myong-Jin (Al Rayyan) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
45': Corner, Esteghlal. Conceded by Ahmed Yasser.
45'+2': First Half ends, Esteghlal 1, Al Rayyan 0.
45': Second Half begins Esteghlal 1, Al Rayyan 0.
45': Substitution, Al Rayyan. Daniel Gouma replaces Ahmed El Sayed because of an injury.
46': Foul by Mohammed Al Aaeldin (Al Rayyan).
46': Omid Noorafkan (Esteghlal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
46': Corner, Esteghlal. Conceded by Mohammad Jumaa.
48': Foul by Rodrigo Tabata (Al Rayyan).
48': Omid Noorafkan (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50': Foul by Daniel Gouma (Al Rayyan).
50': Omid Noorafkan (Esteghlal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
52': Corner, Al Rayyan. Conceded by Armin Sohrabian.
54': Foul by Ahmed Yasser (Al Rayyan).
54': Khosro Heydari (Esteghlal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
55': Offside, Esteghlal. Seyed Hossein Hosseini tries a through ball, but Farshid Esmaeili is caught offside.
56': Penalty Esteghlal. Dariush Shojaeian draws a foul in the penalty area.
56': Penalty conceded by Mohammed Al Aaeldin (Al Rayyan) after a foul in the penalty area.
58': Goal! Esteghlal 2, Al Rayyan 0. Vouria Ghafouri (Esteghlal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
60': Abderazak Hamdallah (Al Rayyan) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Rodrigo Tabata.
62': Foul by Omid Noorafkan (Esteghlal).
62': Mohammed Al Aaeldin (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
64': Offside, Esteghlal. Seyed Hossein Hosseini tries a through ball, but Vouria Ghafouri is caught offside.
67': Substitution, Al Rayyan. Sebastián Soria replaces Mohammed Al Aaeldin because of an injury.
68': Attempt missed. Dariush Shojaeian (Esteghlal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Server Djeparov.
69': Daniel Gouma (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
69': Foul by Server Djeparov (Esteghlal).
70': Foul by Mohsine Moutouali (Al Rayyan).
70': Rouzbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
72': Farshid Esmaeili (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
72': Foul by Musa Haroon (Al Rayyan).
72': Musa Haroon (Al Rayyan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
73': Attempt missed. Omid Noorafkan (Esteghlal) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Vouria Ghafouri following a set piece situation.
74': Abderazak Hamdallah (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
74': Foul by Armin Sohrabian (Esteghlal).
75': Attempt missed. Rodrigo Tabata (Al Rayyan) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
76': Substitution, Al Rayyan. Abdulrahman Al Harazi replaces Abderazak Hamdallah.
76': Offside, Esteghlal. Farshid Esmaeili tries a through ball, but Khosro Heydari is caught offside.
77': Corner, Al Rayyan. Conceded by Pejman Montazeri.
78': Substitution, Esteghlal. Milad Zakipour replaces Dariush Shojaeian.
79': Foul by Daniel Gouma (Al Rayyan).
79': Rouzbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
81': Attempt blocked. Sebastián Soria (Al Rayyan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Koh Myong-Jin.
81': Substitution, Esteghlal. Ali Ghorbani replaces Server Djeparov.
82': Foul by Ali Ghorbani (Esteghlal).
82': Gonzalo Viera (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
82': Foul by Vouria Ghafouri (Esteghlal).
82': Mohsine Moutouali (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
83': Abdulrahman Al Harazi (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
83': Foul by Farshid Esmaeili (Esteghlal).
83': Attempt saved. Rodrigo Tabata (Al Rayyan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
84': Foul by Musa Haroon (Al Rayyan).
84': Milad Zakipour (Esteghlal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
86': Ahmed Yasser (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86': Foul by Vouria Ghafouri (Esteghlal).
87': Foul by Sebastián Soria (Al Rayyan).
87': Omid Noorafkan (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Delay in match Armin Sohrabian (Esteghlal) because of an injury.
88': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
89': Hand ball by Farshid Esmaeili (Esteghlal).
90'+1': Foul by Omid Noorafkan (Esteghlal).
90'+1': Musa Haroon (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2': Foul by Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal).
90'+2': Koh Myong-Jin (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+3': Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+5': Foul by Mohsine Moutouali (Al Rayyan).
90'+5': Rouzbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5': Substitution, Esteghlal. Jaber Ansari replaces Farshid Esmaeili.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Esteghlal 2, Al Rayyan 0.
90'+6': Match ends, Esteghlal 2, Al Rayyan 0.

Statistics

RAY		EST
16	Fouls	19
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	3
2	Corner Kicks	4
1	Saves	2
44.5	Possession	55.5
11	SHOTS	12
2	ON GOAL	3
0.2	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
362	Accurate Passes	478
441	Passes	564
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	3
16	Crosses	13
0.3	Cross %	0.2
66	Long Balls	89
40	Accurate Long Balls	48
0.6	Long Balls %	0.5
2	Blocked Shots	3
13	Effective Tackles	12
17	Tackles	17
0.8	Tackle %	0.7
0	Interceptions	0
13	Effective Clearances	20
13	Clearances	20

Game Information

Competition: AFC Champions League Elite

Venue: Azadi Stadium
Location: Tehran, Iran
Attendance: 37,221

Line-Ups

Esteghlal (4-4-2)

No.	Name
22	Hossein Hosseini (GK)
13	Armin Sohrabian
33	Pejman Montazeri
24	Omid Norafkan
2	Khosro Heydari
4	Roozbeh Cheshmi
6	Omid Ebrahimi
23	Dariush Shojaeian
21	Voria Ghafouri
8	Farshid Esmaeili
20	Server Djeparov

Esteghlal Substitutes:

Mehdi Rahmati, Jaber Ansari, Milad Zakipour, Ali Ghorbani, Mame Thiam, Bojan Najdenov, Majid Hosseini.

Al Rayyan (5-3-2)

No.	Name
30	Oumar Barry (GK)
13	Gonzalo Viera
3	Ahmed Yasser
4	Musa Haroon
21	Mohammad Jumaa
2	Ahmed Alaaeldin
32	Ahmed Mohamed El Sayed
22	Koh Myong-Jin
11	Mouhssine Moutouali
9	Abderrazak Hamdallah
10	Rodrigo Tabata

Al Rayyan Substitutes:

Ali Sanad, Daniel Gouma, Mohammed Kasola, Sebastián Soria, Abdulrahman Al Harazi, Saoud Al-Khater, Abdul Rahman Al Karbi.

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