It was a cagey start to the match at Amman International Stadium with both sides taking their time to find their rhythm.

Action picked up in the 19th minute with Bobir Abdixolikov having his shot blocked before Dilshodjon Komilov headed wide even though he wasn’t under pressure by the Al Hussein defence.

The home side then threatened with a Mahmoud Al Mardi curler which was pushed away by Abduvakhid Nematov with the Nasaf goalkeeper then almost gifting a goal to Abdallah Alattar in the 27th minute but recovered in time to nudge the ball away.

Alattar had another attempt in the 40th minute from a tight angle which had Nematov beaten but saw his shot go agonisingly wide.

Al Hussein had a positive start to the second half as they heaped the pressure on Nasaf but found Nematov a goalkeeper at the top of his game.

Twice Al Mardi produced stinging drives from distance and on both occasions, the Uzbekistan international was up to the task, positioning himself well to catch the first in the 53rd minute before tipping over the second attempt seconds later.

Al Hussein head coach Joao Mota tried to sharpen his forward line by sending on Haitham and Abdouaziz Ndiaye with 20 minutes remaining as the Jordanian champions looked for a winning goal.

Haitham had sounded a warning with a rasping drive that went over the bar in the 78th minute but the 23-year-old wasn’t to be denied nine minutes later, wriggling away from two defenders before firing a low shot into the bottom corner.

But Haitham wasn’t done, his quick feet and movement came to the fore again in the first minute of added time as he drilled another low shot past Nematov to hand Al Hussein the win, even though Nasaf managed to pull one back through Victor da Silva.