Quarter-final, First Leg Toyota Player of the Week: Dejan Damjanovic
Kuala Lumpur: A brace from Suwon Samsung Bluewings' Dejan Damjanovic in the 2018 AFC Champions League quarter-final, first leg against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors has seen the Montenegrin striker named as the Toyota Player of the Week.
ACL 2018 Allianz Goal of the Week: Baghdad Bounedjah
Kuala Lumpur: The-AFC.com has announced that Al Sadd's Baghdad Bounedjah is the winner of this week’s Goal of the Week presented by Allianz for the first leg of the 2018 AFC Champions League quarter-finals.
Kashima: Tianjin Quanjian's Brazilian star Alexandre Pato has insisted that their AFC Champions League semi-final dreams are still alive despite the 2-0 first leg defeat to Kashima Antlers in the quarter-finals on Tuesday.
Kashima: Brazilian midfielder Leo Silva is delighted that extra time put in at training resulted in the vital opening goal for Kashima Antlers in their 2-0 win in the first leg of the AFC Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday.
Analysis: Al Duhail win again but fail to hit previous heights
Doha: Qatar’s Al Duhail matched Ulsan Hyundai’s record of nine AFC Champions League wins in a row in the first leg of the quarter-final, but Persepolis will return to the Islamic Republic of Iran confident they can overcome the 1-0 deficit and advance to a second successive semi-final.
Doha: Almoez Ali got the only goal of the game in Al Duhail's 1-0 win over Persepolis in the first leg of the AFC Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday, but the youngster has expressed his team's regret at not being able to score more.
Tehran: Al Sadd striker Baghdad Bounedjah credited the team’s ability to remain focused for their valuable 3-1 away win over IR Iran’s Esteghlal on Monday.