Iran’s Esteghlal FC defeated Nasaf from Uzbekistan by scoring two goals. Base on this result, Esteghlal promoted to the next round of AFC Champions League tournament and should face with Isfahan based club, Sepahan, in knockout stage.
In order to qualify for the next round Esteghlal needed to win this game. Jerković scored a soon goal for his side and increased Esteghlal hope. After receiving this goal Nasaf made several opportunities on Esteghlal’s goal but Rahmati, goalkeeper of Esteghlal, showed nice reactions and saved balls.
In the second half Esteghlal had better chances to score more goals. In 50′ Jabari scored the second goal from the penalty spot for Blues. Amirabadi, the Capitan of Esteghlal in this game, received the second yellow card in 69′ from the referee, Tojo.
Generally Esteghlal had better performance in compare to it opponent in this game and they were deserved to win the match.
Blues collected 11 points from 6 matches while Nasaf left these games with only 1 score. They obtain their only point in Tehran in front of Esteghlal.
