Al-Gharafa Becomes Esteghlal's Second Asian Victim; Easy Goal, Then Substituted! +Video

Esteghlal Iran defeated Qatar's Al-Gharafa 2-1 in their second AFC Champions League Elite match.

Iran's Esteghlal football team won 2-1 against Qatar's Al-Gharafa in their second match in the Asian Elite League.

According to Ambassador Arjan, Iran's Esteghlal football team played against Al-Gharafa in Qatar at 21:45 today (Monday, October 20) as part of its second match in the Asian Elite League, and the match ended with a score of 2-1 in favor of Esteghlal.

Al-Gharafa lineup: Ahmed Koneh, Al-Rashidi (Mason Holgate 75), Seydou Sano (Florinel Coman 75), Dame Traore (Aladdin 46), Yassin Brahimi (Nasser Mohammad 80), Frank Magri (Ali Sorag 64), Farjani Sassi, Ayoub Al-Alawi, Seifuddin Fadlallah, Fabricio Diaz and Adam Onas.

Esteghlal squad: Habib Farabbasi, Saleh Hardani, Rozbe Cheshmi, Rostam Ashourmatov, Saman Fallah, Amirmohammed Razzakinia, Jalaluddin Masharipov (Alireza Koshki 53), Saeed Sahrkhizan, Hossein Guderzi, Arif Aghasi and Ismail Qolizadeh (Yasser Asani 32 (Mohammed Hossein Eslami 67)).

Scorers: Yaser Asani (37) and Hossein Gudarzi (60) for Esteghlal and Farjani Sassi (48) for Al-Gharafa.

Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh's students took possession of the ball and the field at the beginning of the game. Al-Gharafa appeared dangerous in their attacks and in the 20th minute, they created a danger on the Blues' goal with a move from the left side of Esteghlal's defense line.

After the injury of Amir Mohammad Razzakinia, Yaser Asani entered the field in his place in the 32nd minute. Asani started his work today from the bench due to the injury he suffered in the game against Tractor.

Esteghlal's first goal: Yaser Asani needed only five minutes to open Gharafa's goal with a wonderful shot in the 37th minute.

Al-Gharafa's first goal: At the start of the second half, Al-Gharafa's pressure on Esteghlal's goal increased and Farjani Sassi scored the ball into the Iranian representative's goal in the 48th minute.

The second goal of Esteghlal: Hossein Gudarzi took advantage of the mistake of the defenders of Al-Gharafa and got the ball behind the penalty area of this team. Guderzi took a shot and the ball entered Al-Gharafa's goal after the goalkeeper made a mistake in the 60th minute.

Yaser Asani, who came on the field in the first half and scored the first goal of the blue team, was injured in the 67th minute and left the field.

Esteghlal's attackers missed various opportunities in this game, Saeed Saharkhaizan, despite his efforts, was not successful in making the last shots so that the game continued with a result of 2-1 in favor of Esteghlal.

Habib Farabbasi performed well in this game and took good balls from the Gharafa attackers. In the 84th minute, he sent the opponent's shot well into the corner in the six-step area.