AFC Champions League Elite: "Neftchi" missed out on victory in the match against "Tractor"
Following this result, the Fergana side has accumulated 4 points and currently occupies 10th place in the tournament standings.
ACL Elite. "Neftchi" missed out on victory in the match against "Tractor"
In the 4th round of the Asian Champions League Elite, Fergana's "Neftchi" played away against Iran's "Tractor". The match, held at the "Sultan Qaboos" Sports Complex in Muscat, ended in a hard-fought 2:2 draw.
The first half was played under uncompromising struggles, and the teams went into the break with a goalless draw. Events intensified in the second half. In the 55th minute of the match, "Neftchi" legionnaire Stipe Perica, coming off the bench, opened the scoring after a pass from Abrorbek Ismoilov — 0:1.
In the 62nd minute, "Tractor" defender Farshad Faraji was shown a straight red card for a foul and left the pitch. Despite the Fergana team having a numerical advantage, in the 82nd minute after a counter-attack by the hosts, Tomislav Štrkal chipped the ball over goalkeeper Botirali Ergashev to equalize the score — 1:1.
9 minutes of injury time were added to normal time. In the 4th minute of injury time added by the referee (90+4), substitute Vladimir Jovović hit the opponent's net, bringing "Neftchi" ahead once again. However, the Fergana side failed to hold on to their advantage. In the 90+9 minute, another substitute player, Masoud Zaerkazemayn, scored a goal, establishing the final result of the match — 2:2.
Following this result, "Neftchi" is in 10th place in the tournament table with 4 points. "Tractor", meanwhile, occupies 13th place with 2 points. "Al-Ain" and "Shabab Al-Ahli", having gathered 9 points each, lead the table.
Asian Champions League Elite, Round 4
"Tractor" — "Neftchi" 2:2
Goals: 0:1 — Stipe Perica (55), 1:1 — Tomislav Štrkal (82), 1:2 — Vladimir Jovović (90+4), 2:2 — Masoud Zaerkazemayn (90+9)..
"Tractor": Parsa Jafari, Shojae Khalilzadeh, Odiljon Hamrobekov, Tibor Halilović (Masoud Zaerkazemayn, 84), Danial Esmaeilifar (Seyed Mehdi Hosseini, 84), Sadegh Moharrami (Hadi Habibinejad, 61), Mohammad Naderi, Farshad Faraji, Mohammad Daneshgar (Mehdi Hashemnejad, 46), Shahriyar Moghanlou (Tomislav Štrkal, 37), Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh.
"Neftchi": Botirali Ergashev, Michel Augusto, Bojan Ciger (Khurshid Giyosov, 85), Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev, Asilbek Jumayev (Abrorbek Ismoilov, 46), Nurmukhammad Abduganiyev (Stipe Perica, 54), Alisher Odilov, Medeiros Sasse Yan, Farrukh Sayfiyev, Francisco Eurani (Vladimir Jovović, 76), Marcus Forss (Jamshid Iskanderov, 46).
Yellow cards: Medeiros Sasse Yan (78).
Red card: Farshad Faraji (62).