It was no surprise that it was Azmoun who put Shabab Al Ahli further ahead on aggregate in the 14th minute, the Iranian striker on hand to tap in from mere millimetres after Abdallah Al Fakhouri had stopped Iago Santos’ downward header.

Al Wehdat levelled on the night with 10 minutes remaining in the half through a vicious strike by Gueye, the Senegalese forward controlling Amer Jamous’ pass with his first touch before lashing the ball past Hamad Al Meqebaali via the inside of the woodwork.

Azmoun had his head in his hands moments later as his shot bounced over the bar from 12 yards out, the former AS Roma forward frustrated when after the ball looped up off the turf to clear the target.

Home goalkeeper Al Meqebaali had to be at his sharpest to deny Mohannad Semreen with a flying save in the opening moments of the second half, throwing himself to his left to tip over the bar, and by the 54th minute Shabab Al Ahli were given the chance to retake the lead.

Azmoun was brought down by a combination of Arafat Al Haj and Al Fakhouri having stolen possession close to the penalty area and surged towards goal, but the goalkeeper guessed correctly when he dived to his left to keep out the spot-kick.

Semreen then gave Al Hussein hope with 19 minutes left when he used his pace to move beyond Planic’s efforts to push him wide and then deftly lift the ball over Al Meqebaali to give the Jordanians the lead on the night and reduce the overall gap to a single goal.

Al Meqebaali was equal to another Semreen attempt moments later, pushing it wide, but from the resulting corner Planic headed into his own net to level the aggregate score with 16 minutes remaining.

However, the tie swung back in Shabab Al Ahli’s favour when Guilherme Bala thumped his shot home in the 80th minute and barely 60 seconds later Azmoun set up Mateusao to score in a dramatic climax.

Fittingly, it was Azmoun who added the finishing touch to a thrilling fixture with six minutes remaining with a strike into the bottom corner as Shabab Al Ahli eventually progressed.