Persepolis, Al Rayyan Share Points in ACL
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Persepolis football team from Iran and Qatar’s Al Rayyan played out a goalless draw in Group D of the AFC Champions League on Monday.
In the match held in front of more than 50,000 spectators in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, the Reds missed so many chances in ACL Matchday 4.
Persepolis striker Mehdi Taremi squandered the game’s best opportunity on the stroke of half-time, lofting a chipped penalty over the bar following a foul by Al Rayyan left-back Mosaab Kheder.
Fellow forward Ali Alipour, meanwhile, had a fine headed opportunity to give Persepolis a lead with just 10 minutes on the clock but was unable to control his effort at goal.
The misses almost proved costly when Al Rayyan's Sebastian Soria rattled the post with the game already deep into injury time following a flowing counter-attacking move.
In the end, though, neither side was able to claim all three points.
Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal also defeated Al Wahda from the United Arab Emirates in the group and moved to top of the group with eight points from four games, one more than Al Rayyan and three ahead of Persepolis with two games remaining.