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#ACLElite | Tractor FC (IRN) 2-1 Al Duhail SC (QAT)

MD6: Tractor FC (IRN) 2-1 Al Duhail SC (QAT)

Tabriz: Tractor FC booked their spot in the Round of 16 of the AFC Champions League Elite 2025/26™ after fighting back to defeat Al Duhail SC 2-1 on Monday.
The win means that with 14 points, Dragan Skocic’s side are guaranteed a top eight finish while Djamel Belmadi’s Al Duhail still have much to do if they are to advance.
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The visitors nearly sprung an opener inside the opening minute when Krzysztof Piatek produced a shot from distance that caught Alireza Beiranvand but the ball rolled just inches away from his left post.

Tractor - one of three teams yet to taste defeat in the League Stage - threatened in the 16th minute when Tomislav Strkalj teed up his strike partner Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh on the edge of the box but the latter’s effort lacked the power to trouble Bautista Burke.
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Hosseinzadeh nearly capitalised on a melee in Al Duhail’s box in the 27th minute but saw his shot clip the top of the crossbar on the way over.

Against the run of play, Al Duhail broke the deadlock eight minutes later after Mohammad Naderi tripped Edmilson Junior in the box, with Benjamin Bourigeaud confidently dispatching his penalty.
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Tractor began the second half in determined fashion, Burke needing to come out of his goal line to block Mahdi Hashmenezhad after Hosseinzadeh played a delightful through ball for the midfielder.

The equaliser came shortly after on 51 minutes after Tibor Halilovic’s curling free-kick struck the upright with captain Shojae Khalilzadeh staying calm to sidefoot home the rebound.
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Beiranvand had to be on alert in the 74th minute, diving low to his left to deny Edmilson who had chested down Jean Castelletto’s raking pass and shot on the turn.

Minutes later, Tractor were close to a winner when Hashemnezhad slalomed his way into the box past three markers before Youssouf Sabaly pulled off a fantastic sliding block.

Just when it looked like the match was going to end in a stalemate, Hosseinzadeh secured the win for Tractor in stoppage time when his deflected shot from distance flew past Burke.

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