{"id":35675,"date":"2019-03-05T18:07:03","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T02:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=35675"},"modified":"2019-03-05T18:07:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T02:07:03","slug":"asian-champions-league-persepolis-draw-at-home-esteghlal-humbled-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2019\/03\/05\/asian-champions-league-persepolis-draw-at-home-esteghlal-humbled-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian Champions League: Persepolis draw at home, Esteghlal humbled [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tehran Times &#8211; TEHRAN,<strong>\u00a0Persepolis were held to a 1-1 draw against Pakhtakor of Uzbekistan, while Esteghlal suffered a 3-0 defeat against Al Duhail of Qatar in their 2019 AFC Champions League openers on Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the match held in Tehran\u2019s Azadi Stadium, Marat Bikmaev stunned the crowd after opening the goal with a header in the 5th minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year\u2019s finalists drew level in the 25th minute after Bashar Resan found Mario Budimir inside the box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Croatian advanced and drilled one into the bottom corner of Sanjar Kuvvatov\u2019s net.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakhtakor defended resiliently and looked to strike on the counter, but there were no clear-cut chances on either side, and the two teams went into the break level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the second half, Resan, Kamal Kamyabinia and Siamak Nemati attempted their own luck but failed to find the goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Persepolis will travel to Doha for a repeat of last year\u2019s semi-final against Al Sadd next week in Group D, while Pakhtakor\u2019s Matchday Two encounter sees them host Saudi Arabia\u2019s Al Ahli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Doha, Esteghlal suffered a heavy 3-0 defeat against star-studded Al Duhail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Medhi Benatia opened the scoring for the Qatari giants with a header at the Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Youssef El-Arabi made it 2-0 in the 73rd minute and substitute Ali Hassan Afif was on target in the injury time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Esteghlal will host Al-Ain of the UAE next week and Al-Duhail travel to Riyadh to meet Al Hilal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, another Iranian team Zob Ahan were held to a goalless draw against Al-Zawraa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reporting by Masoud Hossein<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Persepolis FC  1-1 Pakhtakor  (AFC Champions League 2019: Group Stage)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QTNuLhKfJoU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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