Brisbane Roar 1-2 Ulsan Hyundai
Brisbane: A penalty from captain Kwak Tae-hwi with 17 minutes remaining earned Ulsan Hyundai a 2-1 win over A-League Grand Finalists Brisbane Roar on Tuesday to hand the K-League side a major boost in their bid to qualify for the last 16 of the AFC Champions League.
Shane Stefanutto’s third goal as a professional midway through the first half had cancelled out Ulsan’s early opener from Colombian midfielder Julian Estiven Velez.
But after Bahrain defender Sayed Mohamed Adnan was adjudged to have upended Kang Min-soo inside the area, …

Games for 17 April 2012
BRISBANE ROAR (AUS) v ULSAN HYUNDAI (KOR) (1 – 2) (FT)
JEONBUK HYUNDAI MOTORS (KOR) v BURIRAM UNITED (THA) (3 – 2) (FT)
FC TOKYO v BEIJING GUOAN (CHN) (3 – 0) (FT)
GUANGZHOU EVERGRE (CHN) v KASHIWA REYSOL (JPN) (3 – 1) (FT)
BANIYAS (UAE) v AL ITTIHAD (KSA) (0 – 0) (FT)
AL ARABI (QAT) v PAKHTAKOR (UZB) (0 – 1) (FT)
AL HILAL (KSA) v AL SHABAB AL ARABI (UAE) (2 – 2 ) (FT)
PIROOZI ATHLETIC (IRN) v AL GHARAFA (QAT) (1 – 1) (FT)

Pakhtakor 3-1 Al Arabi
Pakhtakor got their AFC Champions League campaign back on track as a pair of late goals lifted the Uzbek side to a 3-1 victory over Al Arabi of Qatar on Wednesday.
Sherzod Karimov’s fortuitous early goal at the Jar Stadium was cancelled out when Leonardo Pisculichi capitalised on a defensive error to level the score late in the first half.
But Dilshod Sharofetdinov netted his second goal in as many games to put the hosts back ahead in the 74th minute before Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov sealed victory with his side’s …

Ulsan Hyundai 1-1 Brisbane Roar
Australia’s Brisbane Roar survived playing for nearly 45 minutes with 10 men to claim a second consecutive away point in the AFC Champions League as Korea Republic’s Ulsan Hyundai were forced to settle for a1-1 draw on Wednesday.
With coach Ange Postecoglou promised attacking football from the visitors to Ulsan Munsu Stadium, Brisbane took a deserved lead nine minutes before the break following a composed finish from Nick Fitzgerald
Brisbane, though, endured a nightmare start to the second half as Matthew Jurman was sent-off less than a minute …

Al Gharafa 0-3 Piroozi
With two early goals, Piroozi were able to walk away with an eventual 3 – 0 win over Al Gharafa in Group D of the AFC Champions League.
With no previous away wins in the champions league, two quick goals made sure that record would be broken. Within five minutes, both Gholamreza Rezaei and Eamon Zayed had struck for the visitors.
With less than five mintes gone, Piroozi skipper Ali Karimi played a delightful through ball to Rezaei on the right of the Al Gharafa box and the forward …

Sepahan 2-1 Lekhwiya
Brazilian striker Bruno Correa scored with a minute remaining as Iran’s secured a dramatic 2-1 win over recently-crowned Qatar champions Lekhwiya in the AFC Champions League on Tuesday to maintain an unbeaten record in Group C.
With just 10 minutes on the clock at Foolad Shahr, Jafari was the architect of Sepahan’s opener as his cross was missed by Mehdi Karimian, but fell kindly for Hosseini and the central defender gave Lekhwiya goalkeeper Baba Malick no chance as he found the top corner from just outside the penalty area.
Lekhwiya …

Esteghlal 1-2 Al Jazira
Al Jazira are now three from three in Group A with Esteghlal losing their first home game in the AFC Champions League.
Esteghlal had not lost a home game in some 12 appearances in the AFC Champions League competition. Playing at home they came out rather strongly to start with and had their first chance within 2 minutes of the kick-off.
Six minutes later however Esteghlal were down 1 – 0. Matias Delgado swung in a free-kick from the left flank and Juma Abdulla rose above the Esteghlal defence …

Gamba Osaka 3-1 Bunyodkor
Following two losses, Gamba Osaka finally got itself some points, winning their first game with two penalties from Brazilian striker Rafinha and a third by former AFC Player of the Year Yasuhito Endo.
New coach, Matsunami who had already earned a draw in the J League match over the weekend was confident his changes would begin to show in terms of results. The home win over Uzbekistan champions Bunyodkor was well deserved.
Captain Endo gave his side the lead after just 14 minutes before two goals in the second …