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

· AFC Champions League Elite
Al Duhail
  • 56': Medhi Benatia
  • 73': Youssef El Arabi
  • 90'+1': Ali Afif
FT
3 - 0
Esteghlal

    About

    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 Timeline

    • 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 ALDhttps://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/soccer/500/12008.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=origin
    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

    ALD Al Duhail (3-4-3)

    No. Name
    40 Amine Lecomte (GK)
    4 Medhi Benatia
    6 Ahmed Yasser Yellow Card
    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.

    EST Esteghlal (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    1 Mehdi Rahmati (GK)
    33 Pejman Montazeri
    70 Mohammad Daneshgar
    30 Omid Norafkan Yellow Card
    13 Armin Sohrabian
    21 Voria Ghafouri Yellow Card
    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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