{"id":55478,"date":"2026-10-13T17:21:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T00:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=55478"},"modified":"2026-10-13T17:21:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T00:21:49","slug":"azmoun-scores-brace-as-shabab-al-ahli-defeats-al-ittihad-in-acl-elite-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2026\/10\/13\/azmoun-scores-brace-as-shabab-al-ahli-defeats-al-ittihad-in-acl-elite-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Azmoun scores brace as Shabab Al-Ahli defeats Al-Ittihad in ACL Elite [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Voiceoftheemirates.com &#8211; JEDDAH, <strong>Shabab Al-Ahli secured a valuable 2-1 victory away against Saudi Arabia\u2019s Al-Ittihad in the second round of the AFC Champions League Elite\u2019s West Region league stage. With this result, the \u201cDubai Knights\u201d continue their strong start to the tournament, claiming their second consecutive win.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shabab Al Ahli asserted themselves early in the match, capitalizing on rapid attacking transitions and clinical finishing. <\/p>\n<p>Conversely, Al-Ittihad\u2019s second-half goal was not enough to alter the match\u2019s outcome. The result earned the \u201cDubai Knights\u201d three valuable points in their continental campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Sardar Azmoun strikes early and doubles the lead<\/p>\n<p>Shabab Al-Ahli did not wait long to open the scoring, finding the back of Al-Ittihad\u2019s net in the seventh minute. <\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, Bala led a rapid counter-attack, driving towards the penalty area before delivering a cross that Iranian striker Sardar Azmoun met with a successful shot into the net.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Al Ittihad \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde6 vs Shabab Al Ahli \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddea | Highlights ACL Elite\u2122\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZwION9Jm8Og?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voiceoftheemirates.com &#8211; JEDDAH, Shabab Al-Ahli secured a valuable 2-1 victory away against Saudi Arabia\u2019s Al-Ittihad&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":55479,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,212,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c47-featured-news","category-iranian-legionnaires","category-c22-players-spotlight"],"views":116,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55480,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55478\/revisions\/55480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}