Al Ittihad beat Neftchi Fergana 2-1
Al Ittihad came from a goal down to beat Neftchi Fergana 2-1 away in the AFC Champions League, with Youssef En-Nesyri scoring the winner from a free-kick in the 90th minute.
Al Ittihad came from a goal down to beat Neftchi Fergana 2-1 away in the AFC Champions League, with Youssef En-Nesyri scoring the winner from a free-kick in the 90th minute.
Neftchi Fergana
- 1Izzatillo Po'Latov
- 2Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev
- 3Khurshid Giyosov
- 4Azizbek Murotov
- 5Asilbek Jumayev
- 6Nurmuhammad Abdug'Aniyev
- 7Bilolkhon Toshmirzaev
- 8Nurbek Sarsenbaev
- 9Yan Sasse
- 10Akbar Turaev
- 11Azizbek Erembitov
- 12Anvarjon G'Ofurov
Al Ittihad
- 1Marwan Al-Sahafi
- 2Ahmed Al Ghamdi
- 3Mohammed Fallatah
- 4Muath
- 5Mohammed Ali Barnawi
- 6Osama Al Marwash
- 7Youssef En-Nesyri
- 8Mukhtar Ali
- 9Mohammed Alabsi
- 10Ahmed Al-Julaydan
- 11Jan-Carlo Simic
Neftchi went ahead in the 17th minute when Jamshid Iskanderov scored from the penalty spot. They thought they had doubled their lead in the 27th minute, but Alisher Odilov's goal was ruled out and the score stayed at 1-0.
Al Ittihad drew level in the 34th minute. Steven Bergwijn crossed from the right and Houssem Aouar headed in, and it was 1-1 at half-time.
Neftchi pressed in the second half and created dangerous chances, but they could not find a second goal. En-Nesyri, who had started on the bench, settled the match late on with a free-kick to complete the comeback.
The win gave Al Ittihad three important points on matchday 3 of the AFC Champions League Elite's West group. Before kick-off they were 11th with two points and without a win from their first two games, a draw with Al Shamal and a defeat to Shabab Al Ahli. Neftchi had been seventh with three points.
