The second leg ended 3-2 in favour of Bengaluru, with extra-time needed after 90 minutes finished 2-1 in favour of the Indian side.

Maziya had also won the first leg 2-1 and were denied an outright win by a brilliant Sunil Chhetri free-kick in the 120th minute on Wednesday, with the Maldives side having taken the lead on aggregate through Cornelius Ezekiel in the 102nd minute. Away goals were not in play in extratime.

Maziya join India’s Chennai City FC, Maldives’ TC Sports Club and Bashundhara Kings of Bangladesh in Group E of the 2020 AFC Cup.

After a goalless first half, Ibrahim Mahudhee gave Maziya the lead only for Bengaluru to reply through Francisco Nili's penalty. Cornelius Ezekiel's late strike, however, gave the Maldives side the first leg advantage.

The sides meet again in the return leg next week with the winners earning a place in Group E alongside India’s Chennai City FC, TC Sports Club of Maldives and Bangladesh’s Bashundhara Kings

A goal from Ukrainian midfielder Oleksandr Ihnatenko six minutes after half-time proved decisive on the day, putting the Kyrgyzstan Cup winners 90 minutes away from group stage qualification, with the tie to be decided when Khujand host the second leg next week.

The winners of the two-legged tie will join FC Istiklol, FC Dordoi and Altyn Asyr FC in Group D, which begins on March 11.

Bojan Hodak’s side looked set for a comfortable day out when Giancarlo Rodrigues opened the scoring in the third minute, before Yakob Sayuri doubled their lead just after half-time, but a long-range strike Htet Phyoe Wai ensured a tense finish at Madya Stadium.

A last-minute Ferdinand Sinaga goal killed off Shan United’s late revival, confirming their 12th loss in a row in the AFC Cup group stage, equalling a competition record set by Tajikistan’s FC Ravshan in 2014.

Having shared an action-packed 2-2 draw with Yangon United in their bow on the Asian stage a fortnight ago, there were goals galore again for Ho Chi Minh City although this time they returned home with all three points after an exciting 3-2 win at Jalan Besar Stadium.

Bali United came into the Group G tie as favourites but were left trailing by two goals at half-time following strikes from Svay Rieng's Hoy Phallin and Jean Befolo Mbaga.

Spasojevic found the net in the second half but the Cambodian club held firm to earn their first AFC Cup victory.

Nguyen Hai Huy’s goal 20 minutes from time earned the visitors a share of the points after OJ Porteria had given Ceres the lead eight minutes earlier in a see-saw game that had seen Jeremie Lynch’s opener for the Vietnamese cancelled out by Bienvenido Maranon’s penalty.