AFC Champions League: Second Half of Group Stage Play Begins

The second half of group stage action in the AFC Champions League commenced on Tuesday.


Group B:


At Tashkent, Uzbekistan:


Stanislav Andreev (28') and Egor Krimets (88') provided the scoring that lifted Pakhtakor Tashkent to a 2-0 home victory over Esteghlal.


At Riyadh, Saudi Arabia:

Hussein Sulaimani's late equalizer (75') salvaged a 1-1 home draw for Al-Nassr in their match with Al-Sadd, whose goal came from  Majdi Siddiq at 37 minutes.
 GROUP B STANDINGS:

1. Al-Sadd (GP: 4; GD: +2; PTS: 8)
2. Al-Nassr (GP: 4; GD: 0; PTS: 5)
3. Esteghlal Tehran FC (GP: 4; GD: 0; PTS: 4)
4. Pakhtakor Tashkent (GP: 4; GD: -2; PTS: 4)Group D:


At Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates:


Hadj Bougueche scored twice (27', 41') as Emirates Club defeated visiting Al-Shabab 2-1 and took over second place in Group D.

At Isfahan, Iran:

Esmaeil Farhadi scored the lone goal of the match (21') as Zob Ahan blanked visiting Al-Rayyan 1-0.

GROUP D STANDINGS:

1. Zob Ahan Isfahan FC (GP: 4; GD: +4; PTS: 10)
2. Emirates Club (GP: 4; GD: -1; PTS: 6)
3. Al-Shabab (GP: 4; GD: +2; PTS: 5)
4. Al-Rayyan (GP: 4; GD: -5; PTS: 1)

Group F:

At Seoul, South Korea:

Mu Kanazaki (26') and Kensuke Nagai (81') each scored once as Nagoya Grampus knocked off FC Seoul 2-0 on the road.

At Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates:

Omar Abdulrahman's 60th-minute goal provided all the scoring as Al-Ain defeated Hangzhou Greentown 1-0 at home.

GROUP F STANDINGS:

1. Nagoya Grampus (GP: 4; GD: +4; PTS: 7)
2. FC Seoul (GP: 4; GD: +2; PTS: 7)
3. Al-Ain (GP: 4; GD: -4; PTS: 4)
4. Hangzhou Greentown (GP: 4; GD: -2; PTS: 4)

Group H:

At Tokyo:

In a match that was moved from Kashima due to last months earthquake and tsunami, Yuzo Tashiro's equalizer at 55 minutes enabled Kahima Antlers to salvage a 1-1 home draw with Suwon Samsung Bluewings (Yeom Ki-Hun scoring for the visitors at 48 minutes).

At Shanghai, China:

Bruno Cazarine scored twice (45'+1, 59') and Mark Bridge added the game winner (90'+3) as Sydney FC came from behind to defeat Shanghai Shenhua 3-2 on the road.

GROUP H STANDINGS:

1. Suwon Samsung Bluewings (GP: 4; GD: +4; PTS: 6)
2. Kashima Antlers (GP: 4; GD: +3; PTS: 6)
3. Sydney FC (GP: 4; GD: -2; PTS: 5)
4. Shanghai Shenhua (GP: 4; GD: -5; PTS: 2)