TEHRAN – Persepolis of Iran football team was held to a 2-2 draw by Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal (6-2 on aggregate) in the second leg of the AFC Champions League semi-final. On Tuesday at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat, Oman, Godwin Menshah and Omar Kharbin each scored a brace for Persepolis and Al […]
TEHRAN – Persepolis of Iran football team was held to a 2-2 draw by Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal (6-2 on aggregate) in the second leg of the AFC Champions League semi-final.
On Tuesday at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat, Oman, Godwin Menshah and Omar Kharbin each scored a brace for Persepolis and Al Hilal respectively.
Persepolis took the lead through Menshah’s 16th minute header after Vahid Amiri dispossessed Al Hilal’s Mohamed Al Burayk on the flank and crossed for the Nigerian to head home.
Omani referee Ahmed Abu Bakar showed Persepolis’s penalty spot 14 minutes later, however Al Burayk was fouled outside the penalty area by Persepolis defender Mohammad Ansari.
Kharbin chipped the penalty past goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand.
Menshah added his second in the 61st minute after he beat defender Abdullah Al Hafith to Ali Alipour’s backpass and fired into the bottom corner.
The Syrian striker’s fifth goal against the Iranian team over the two legs brought Al Hilal level in the 76th minute.
