Al Hilal v Mes Kerman Iran مس ايرن با الهلال عربستان P16
ACL MD2: Pohang back; wins for Saudis, Sadd
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Kuala Lumpur: Almir scored two minutes into injury time as defending champions Pohang Steelers, of Korea Republic, returned to winning ways on the second night of Match Day 2 of the AFC Champions League 2010 on Wednesday.
The Steelers, beaten 1-0 by Australians Adelaide United last week, scored a 2-1 victory over Japans Sanfrecce Hiroshima for their first win in Group H.
Adelaide made it two straight wins in Group H after a 2-0 victory away to Chinas Shandong Luneng, with goals in each half from Sergio van Dijk and Matthew Leckie.
Also from East Asia, 2008 champions Gamba Osaka drew 1-1 at home to Chinese side Henan Jianye while Suwon Bluewings, of Korea Republic, beat 10-man Singapore Armed Forces 2-0 away from home.
Suwon, whose goals were scored by Brazilians Juninho and Jose Mota, lead Group G on four points, two ahead of Gamba and Henan.
Gambas Lucas scored with a penalty in the 35th minute to level the scores after Zhang Lu gave Henan the lead after four minutes.
For Pohang coach Waldemar Lemos, the win provided more relief than celebration.
Our players kept going until the very end and I am satisfied as they all gave their best. I think the fans could also see that the players put in a lot of effort, he said.
Hwang Jae-won had given Pohang the lead early in the second half before Ilian Stoyanov equalised for Hiroshima from the spot.
In the West, there were good wins for Saudi Arabias Al Shabab and Al Hilal, and Al Sadd, of Qatar.
Shabab earned a solid 3-1 victory over Pakhtakor in Tashkent to top Group C with four points, one ahead of the Uzbeks and two more than Irans Sepahan, who drew 0-0 at home with 2003 champions Al Ain.
Flavio scored twice for Shabab in the second half before Alisher Azizov pulled one back for the home side. Ahmed Al Kaabi sealed victory for the Saudis in stoppage time.
Brazilian striker Leandro scored a hat-trick for Al Sadd in their 5-0 away win over Al Ahli in Group D with Ali Hassan Yahya and Yusuf Ahmed also getting on the scoresheet.
Hilal were in impressive form and could have had more than their 3-1 Group D victory over Iranians Mes Kerman at home. They have six points, three ahead of Al Sadd, beaten 3-0 by Hilal last week.
Al Sadd coach Cosmin Olaroiu said: We didnt expect to win so easily because Al Ahli have lot of young players. We just played our best. We came to win and it does not matter whether it is by four or five goals.
Christian Wilhelmsson, Osama Hawsawi and Yasser Al Qahtani found the target for Hilal, who are emerging as one of the early favourites for the 2010 title.
Ali Samereh hit an injury-time consolation goal for Mes Kerman.
Games for Match Day 3 take place on March 23 and 24.
The top two teams from each of the eight groups, after a double round-robin, advance to the last 16.
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