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 Timeline

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

ALD		EST
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

Esteghlal (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
22	Hossein Hosseini (GK)
33	Pejman Montazeri
4	Roozbeh Cheshmi
13	Armin Sohrabian
21	Voria Ghafouri
11	Morteza Tabrizi
14	Farshid Bagheri
6	Ali Karimi
23	Dariush Shojaeian
5	Ayanda Patosi
20	Esmaël Gonçalves

Esteghlal Substitutes:

Mehdi Rahmati, Meysam Teymourie, Omid Norafkan, Rouhollah Bagheri, Farshad Mohammadi, Reza Karimi, Mehdi Ghayedi.

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
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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