{"id":38700,"date":"2020-02-19T12:05:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T20:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=38700"},"modified":"2020-02-19T12:05:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T20:05:43","slug":"acl-2020-persepolis-held-by-shahrjah-sepahan-lose-to-al-sadd-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2020\/02\/19\/acl-2020-persepolis-held-by-shahrjah-sepahan-lose-to-al-sadd-video\/","title":{"rendered":"ACL 2020: Persepolis held by Shahrjah, Sepahan lose to Al Sadd [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tehran Times &#8211; SHARJAH, <strong>Persepolis football team of Iran were held to a 2-2 draw by Emirati side Sharjah, while Sepahan lost to Al Sadd of Qatar 3-0 on Matchday 2 of the AFC Champions League on Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ali Alipour opened the scoring from the visiting team in the 9th minute but Mohammed Khalfan equalized the match in the 25th minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two minutes later Alipour completed his brace with a shot from outside the area but Ryan Mendes made it 2-2 just before the halftime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al Taawoun of Saudi Arabia also defeated Al Duhail of Qatar 2-0 and moved to top of Group C with six points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alduhail are second with three points and Persepolis and Sharjah sit third and fourth with one point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Doha, Sepahan lost to Al Sadd 3-0 in Group D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Akram Afif was on target in the 51st minute and Hassan Al Haydous scored twice in the 72nd and 78th minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia also beat Al Ain of the UAE 2-1 in the group. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al Sadd and Al Nassr sit top with four points and Sepahan are third with three points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al Ain rooted at the bottom of the group with any point.<\/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=\"#ACL2020 : SHARJAH (UAE) 2-2 PERSEPOLIS FC (IRN) : Highlights\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aB8KD3_kn7E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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