Denilson made all the difference for Luiz Felipe Scolari’s Bunyodkor, ensuring his side made it into the knockout stages.
The Uzbek champions need to win and hope that Zob Ahan also won in order to progress. It turned out that way and now they will meet Saudi champs Al-Hilal. Zob Ahan’s win sees them qualify as group winners to set-up an all Iranian clash with Mes Kerman.
Bunyodkor 4-1 Al-Wehda
Rivaldo opened the scoring 28 minutes in, as Wehda left him un-marked inside the box to head home Djeparov’s cross. Denilson doubled their …

Kawasaki Frontale have battled back from the brink to give themselves a shot at qualification for the last 16 of the AFC Champions League. The J-League side visit Beijing Gouan on the final matchday only one point behind the Chinese Super League team and the winner of that tie will take their place alongside Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma in the knockouts.

Frontale were off to a flyer and were two goals to the good by the 20 minute mark. Hiroyuki Taniguchi opened the scoring after five minutes and Yusuke Tasaka doubled the lead 15 minutes after. That was the way it remained until the 79th minute when Renatinho added a third for a rejuvenated Kawasaki, who lost to Melbourne in their last outing.

Match Day 4 Tuesday of the AFC Champions League 2010 resulted in some upsets and wake up calls for many teams that had a easy road so far.

Group B

Zob Ahan have managed 2 major upsets in a matter of weeks against the Uzbek aristocrats Bunyodkor on Tuesday.

They followed up their MD3 3-0 home victory with a 1-0 win that takes them to the top of the table with 10 points and sends Bunyodkor tumbling down to third, with six points.

Group A
Esteghlal 3-0 Al Gharafa
Al Ahli 5-1 Al-Jazira
Al Gharafa couldn’t compete with Esteghlal today and went down 3-0 in the Azadi Stadium today. Esteghlal striker Farhad Majidi bagged himself two goals today. Majidi put the hosts ahead after a quarter of an hour before doubling their lead ten minutes after the break. Defender Pejman Montazeri then sealed the victory ten minutes from time.
In Group A’s other fixture, Al-Ahli, who so far have leaked five goals in their first two matches, turned things around against Al Jazira scoring 5 goals and …

Brazilian striker Denilson scored twice as Bunyodkor recorded a 2-1 win over Al Wahda of the UAE in the AFC Champions League on Wednesday as Luis Felipe Scolari’s Uzbekistan champions maintained their 100% record in Group B.

Bunyodkor have won comfortably with goals from Rivaldo, Jasur Hasanov and Denilson making it 3-0 win over last year’s finalists Al Ittihad.

The Tashkent giants’ heavy investment over the close season paid off as they completely outclassed a poor Al Ittihad side in the Group B clash at JAR Stadium.

Today lets also take a look a Group B. This looks like the toughest of the West Asia groups, with the likes of Al Ittihad and Bunyodkor.

Zob Ahan (IRN) – The chances are that this group is too hard for them to survive and this season is one too soon for Zob Ahan.
Al Ittihad (KSA) – Ittihad is one of the best teams in Saudi Arabia and one of the best teams in Asia. They have a good chance of progressing to the knock-out rounds.
Bunyodkor (UZB) – Have had 2 …

Al Shabab defeated Al Gharafa 1-0 in Riyadh.
The hosts left it as late as could be as a stoppage-time penalty from Nasser Al Shamrani won the game.
The Qatari team played for much of the game with ten men as Ahmed Fares was sent off in the first half.
With time running out for Al Shabab, Fisal bin Sultan was brought down by Saad Al Shammri and Nasser Al Shamrani made no mistake from the spot.
Persepolis also booked their place in round 2.
The Iranian champions saw their game against Sharjah cancelled as …

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The United Arab Emirates club were cut apart by the Saudi side in the Group B encounter with Nassir Al Shamrani netting a hat-trick and Abdulaziz Saran adding two more goals as Al Shabab closed in on a spot in the knockout stage of the AFC Champions League.
Sharjah remain in last place without a single point thus far but Oliveira was not too disappointed with the team’s latest setback.
“The result of the game doesn’t reflect the performance,” he said.
“We have met a strong team and they have good players …

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Al Gharafa coach Marcos Paqueta could barely contain his delight after watching his side annihilate Piroozi 5-1 at Al Gharafa Stadium.
Araujo proved the hero with a hat-trick as the recently-crowned Qatar league champions hauled themselves firmly back into contention in Group B for a place in the knockout stage.
It was also sweet revenge for Paqueta after the 3-1 defeat against the same side at the Azadi Stadium last month.
“It is a memorable day for Al Gharafa,” he said.
“We played a great match against a very good side. We wanted …