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#ACLElite | Air Force SC (IRQ) 1-0 Pakhtakor (UZB)

MD3: Air Force SC (IRQ) 1-0 Pakhtakor (UZB)

Baghdad: Air Force SC picked up a hard-fought 1-0 win against Pakhtakor in their AFC Champions League Elite 2026/27™ tie on Monday.
The win ended a run of two defeats for the Iraqi side while Uzbekistan’s Pakhtakor are left still searching for their first victory of the campaign.
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After a nervy start, Pakhtakor were the first to find an opening in the 15th minute when Bashar Rasan clipped a lovely ball forward for Aymen Hussein but the lanky striker smashed his effort wide against his former club.

There was a hush around the Al-Madina International Stadium two minutes later when Pakhtakor were awarded a penalty after Abdurauf Buriev’s attempt struck the arm of Abbas Adil but the decision was overturned after a VAR review.
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While Air Force had their fair share of possession in the first half, the home side did not get a sniff at Sanjar Kuvvatov’s goal with striker Mohammed Jawad well marshalled by Muhammadrasul Abdumajidov.

Hussein found himself unmarked on the edge of Air Force’s box in added time but went for power instead of accuracy with the ball sailing high over the bar as the teams went into the break on level terms.

MD3: Air Force SC (IRQ) v Pakhtakor (UZB)

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After the interval, the visitors started putting more pressure on Air Force with a surging Resan run from the halfway run forcing Mohammed Salih to make a good stop on his left before Flamarion fired the rebound wide.

Another opportunity went begging for Pakhtakor in the 65th minute, Morteza Pouraliganji timed his run to perfection to meet Flamarion’s outswinging corner delivery but could only put his header high over the bar.
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Against the run of play, Air Force opened the scoring five minutes later when Achraf Boudrama nodded down Mujtaba Mohsin’s free-kick for captain Sadd Abdulameer to knock home from close range to settle proceedings.

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