{"id":24474,"date":"2016-02-24T13:10:59","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T21:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=24474"},"modified":"2016-02-24T13:12:13","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T21:12:13","slug":"acl-md1-group-c-tractorsazi-tabriz-4-0-al-jazira-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2016\/02\/24\/acl-md1-group-c-tractorsazi-tabriz-4-0-al-jazira-video\/","title":{"rendered":"ACL MD1 – Group C: Tractorsazi Tabriz 4-0 Al Jazira [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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AFC – Tabriz, Bakhtiar Rahmani bagged a brace as Iran\u2019s Tractorsazi Tabriz secured a comfortable 4-0 victory over Al Jazira of the United Arab Emirates in Group C of the AFC Champions League on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Tractorsazi got their continental campaign off to the perfect start at Yadegar Emam Stadium when Rahmani put them in front\u00a0within five minutes\u00a0before Shojae Khalilzadeh headed in a second on nine minutes.<\/p>\n

The Iranians continued in the ascendancy after the interval with substitute Mehdi Sharifi adding a third nine minutes in and Rahmani netting his double as the hour-mark approached as Tractorsazi moved to the summit of the standings following Pakhtakor and Al Hilal’s 2-2 draw in Wednesday’s other Group C encounter.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur players were like true soldiers today and this win is for the ones who supported us,\u201d said Tractorsazi coach Amir Ghalenoei.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were also playing well in our previous games but we were even better today. We will try to keep our current form in our upcoming matches.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that we will reach what I have been expecting from the team little by little.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tractorsazi opened the scoring in the fourth minute when Farzad Hatami headed back Mohammad Iranpourian\u2019s cross from the right for midfielder Rahmani to drill into the back of the net from 12 yards.<\/p>\n

And the Iranians then doubled their advantage\u00a0five minutes later\u00a0when Soroush Rafiei\u2019s corner from the left was powerfully headed home by defender Khalilzadeh from the edge of the six yard box.<\/p>\n

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But Al Jazira could have pulled one back 15 minutes in when Kenwyne Jones blazed over from just inside the area before Tractorsazi goalkeeper Mahammadreza Akhbarishad tipped over Thiago Neves\u2019s inswinging corner shortly after.<\/p>\n

Jones then thought he had pulled one back seven minutes after the restart only for his goal to be ruled out for offside before Sharifi\u2019s effort down the other end soon after was cleared of the line by Yaquob Al Hosani.<\/p>\n

But from the ensuing throw-in Khaled Shafiei\u2019s header was blocked on the line by Salim Rashid, but after goalkeeper Ali Khaseif was down quickly to thwart Hatami on the rebound Sharifi was on hand to bundle home at the back post.<\/p>\n

Tractorsazi then put the result beyond any doubt just before the hour when Rahmani robbed dwindling defender Fares Juma 30 yards from goal and raced through to coolly dispatch past Khaseif from the edge of the area for his second of the afternoon.<\/p>\n

And Sharifi should have added a fifth in the dying seconds after being played through by Hatami but he chipped over under pressure from the outrushing Khaseif.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe conceded two goals\u00a0in 10 minutes\u00a0which caused an impact and made it hard for us to get into the game,\u201d said Al Jazira coach Henk ten Cate.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew that after the third goal our defeat was certain. I definitely am not satisfied with the performance of any of the players.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photo:\u00a0Lagard\u00e8re Sports\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n