Having won their opener against Bashundhara on Saturday, Nejmeh started with confidence with Collins Opare the obvious target up front and the striker’s movement gave Paro a lot of trouble.

From one such move in the 16th minute, Opare got through just to the right of Paro’s goal but was quickly closed down by goalkeeper Milos Cupic, who deflected the ball out for a corner kick.

Paro saw limited opportunities with only one William Opoku speculative lob from the halfway line to catch out Nejmeh custodian Ali Sabeh their only attempt in the half.

The breakthrough came six minutes before half-time when Rabih Ataya’s cross from the right was allowed to reach the far post where Hassan Kourani was waiting to pounce to give Nejmeh the lead.

The Lebanese side nearly added to their advantage in the 50th minute through the same combination as Ataya found Kourani again, only this time the latter didn’t make the right connection and sent his shot wide.

That gave Paro a wake-up call and they responded by putting Nejmeh under sustained pressure for the first time in the match with Opoku going close with a strike from the centre of the box in the 65th minute that just missed the target.

Nejmeh, however, sealed their second straight win in the 87th minute when Mahdi Zein smashed home a cutback from Mohamad Sadek with Paro pulling a goal back in stoppage time from Marko Ivanovic.

Nejmeh will complete their Group A campaign against East Bengal on Friday while Paro will take on Bashundhara.