{"id":24787,"date":"2016-04-05T11:31:43","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T18:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=24787"},"modified":"2016-04-05T23:50:44","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T06:50:44","slug":"acl-md4-group-b-zobahan-5-2-bunyodkor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2016\/04\/05\/acl-md4-group-b-zobahan-5-2-bunyodkor\/","title":{"rendered":"ACL MD4 – Group B: Zobahan 5-2 Bunyodkor [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"

AFC – ESFAHAN, Zobahan surged to the top of Group B of the 2016 AFC Champions League on Tuesday evening with a comprehensive 5-2 win over Uzbekistan\u2019s Bunyodkor at Foolad Shahr Stadium.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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First half goals from Danial Esmaeilifar and Vahid Mohammadzadeh sent Yahya Golmohammadi\u2019s side on their way to victory before further goals from Mahdi Rajabzadeh and Kaveh Rezaei in the second half sealed all three points.<\/p>\n

Minori Sato claimed Bunyodkor\u2019s first 13 minutes from time while Zobahan\u2019s Morteza Tabrizi and Shakhzodbek Murmatov of Bunyodkor found the back of the net in the dying minutes.<\/p>\n

The win \u2013 coupled with Al Nassr\u2019s 4-0 loss at the hands of Lekhwiya in Doha \u2013 moves Zobahan three points clear at the top of Group B with just two games remaining in the group stages. Bunyodkor, meanwhile, drop to the bottom of the standings and remain on two points.<\/p>\n

Zobahan pressed from the opening whistle and, with just three minutes on the clock, Golmohammadi\u2019s side had taken the lead.<\/p>\n

Ghasem Hadadifar\u2019s slaloming run across the face of goal pulled the Bunyodkor defence out of position before his pass found Esmaeilifar, who shot from just inside the area, giving goalkeeper Murotjon Zukhurov little chance.<\/p>\n

Just before the half hour mark Rezaei could have doubled his side\u2019s lead only for his downward header to be gathered at the second attempt by Zukhurov, but by the 34th\u00a0minute the home side had added to their tally.<\/p>\n

Mahdi Mahdipour\u2019s corner from the Zobahan right swung into the six-yard box and, with the visitors\u2019 defence pulled towards the near post, Mohammadzadeh was left with the time and space to head comfortably to Zukhurov\u2019s left and into the corner.<\/p>\n

The home side kept up the pressure when play resumed in the second half and, with just five minutes gone in the second period, the Iranians added to their tally as Rezaei flew down the left before cutting the ball back to captain Rajabzadeh, who was left to score from close range into the unguarded net.<\/p>\n

And with 69 minutes on the clock, Rezaei claimed his second of the game and put the result beyond any doubt when he raced in on goal before slotting his shot under Zukhurov.<\/p>\n

Bunyodkor pulled one back with 13 minutes remaining when Chaker Zouaghi\u2019s shot thumped against the crossbar, only for Japanese forward Sato to head in from close range.<\/p>\n

Tabrizi restored Zobahan\u2019s cushion with a fine finish with less than two minutes remaining, only for Murmatov to net with a close range header seconds later in a frantic finish to the game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h79bE3rNoZ8<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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