AFC Champions League Two
Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh and Domagoj Drozdek struck for the side from Tabriz in the 50th and 55th minutes respectively after Mohamed Al Romaihi had given the hosts a 48th minute lead in a tense clash. The pair meet again in Tabriz’s Sahand Stadium next Tuesday.
Tractor took the win after threatening in the opening minutes through Ricardo Alves, who saw his second minute shot tipped over the bar by Mohammad Al Gharably while Shoja Khalilizadeh headed into the side netting from an Alves centre moments later.
Ahmed Bughammar put Tractor on the backfoot in the 13th minute, arriving at the back post undermarked to head against Alireza Beiranvand’s upright from point blank range after being found by Filip Ivanovic’s cross. Seydina Laye Dabo then threatened from distance.
It was the home side who were pushing as the half drew to a close, with Dominique Mendy off target before Beiranvand was forced to gather Gleison’s attempt at full stretch five minutes from the end of the period.
Al Khalidya made the breakthrough three minutes after the restart when Al Romaihi put the hosts in front.
Gleison fed the ball to Mahdi Al Humaidan on the right and the Brazilian, who had continued his run into the penalty area, stepped over the low centre to allow Al Romaihi to slam his right-foot shot past Beiranvand.
The lead was to only last two minutes, however. Mohammad Naderi surged down the right side for Tractor before cutting a low centre towards the edge of the six yard box, from where Hosseinzadeh finished with a deft flick of his boot into the bottom corner of the goal.
Five minutes later the visitors were in front as substitute Drozdek instigated a turnaround with a fine piece of individual skill, flicking the ball one side of Ivanovic before picking up possession on the other and bending his shot into the top corner.
Beiranvand denied Dhurgham Ismael’s attempt to level the scores for the hosts with four minutes remaining and Al Gharbaly was on hand to stop the Iranians from claiming a third through Mehdi Hashemnejad soon after to leave the tie finely poised.
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