AFC Champions League

From unstoppable strikes that stunned goalkeepers to flawless team efforts that embodied the artistry of Asia’s premier club competition, fans were treated to an array of amazing goals.

Now, the choice is yours! Cast your vote to decide which strike will advance to the semi-finals!

The left winger, whose has since moved to Saudi Pro League side Al Fateh SC, scored for Shanghai Port in the 83rd minute of their clash against Japan's Kawasaki Frontale.

As Vargas moves into the semi-finals, don't forget to cast your vote for the West Zone's best goal of Matchday 5, with polling to begin on Wednesday.

With the 2024/25 season of Asia’s premier club competition set to resume action from February 3 with the penultimate matchday in the League Stage, it’s still not too late for new players to join the game on the-AFC.com and the AFC LIVE app and win prizes, thanks to our newly introduced Redemption Leaderboard.

As a result, players who are yet to join the competition, as well as existing users, will stand even more chances of winning as the brand new leaderboard will only take into account the points earned from the AFC Champions League Elite™ Matchday 7, which kicks off in the first week of February.

So it is as good a time as any to create your dream squads featuring superstars like Cristiano Ronaldo, Alexander Mitrovic and Soufiane Rahimi and compete with friends, family and colleagues during the 2024/25 campaign.

Perez's strike for UAE's Al Wasl Club against Al Sadd SC of Qatar takes him into the semi-finals.

Don't forget to cast your vote for the East Zone best goal of Matchday 4 with polling to start on Sunday.

The 33-year-old former Espanyol forward, who scored 32 times to lead Shanghai Port to the 2024 Chinese Super League title, told Chinese media he was discussing plans to operate on his right knee ahead of the new campaign.

The Brazilian forward received almost 55 percent of the votes to finish ahead of his four challengers to advance to the semi-finals.

Feast your eyes on the five goals that were nominated for Matchday Three of the East Zone and check out the results at the bottom.

Voting for Matchday Four of the West Zone kicks off on Friday.

The Al Ahli Saudi midfielder received 90 percent of the votes to advance to the semi-finals.

Check out the five Matchday Two - East goals once again and view the polling result at the bottom of the article.

Voting for the Matchday Three (East) best goals begins on Monday.

The club from Saudi Arabia advanced from the play-offs with a 1-0 win over Tajikistan's Istiklol FC on Tuesday, with Youcef Belaïli converting a penalty in stoppage time to take Al Ahli into the group stage for the sixth consecutive year.

The Islamic Republic of Iran club prevailed 5-4 on penalties against Qatar’s Al Sailiya FC after 120 minutes saw the play-off tie end in a 0-0 draw at the Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium.

Goalkeeper Mahdi Rahmati was the hero for Shahr Khodro, producing a brilliant shootout save to deny countryman Karim Ansarifard before Saeid Sadeghi struck the decisive blow to take his team through.

The 31-year-old spoke exclusively to the-AFC.com following the play-off tie at Seoul World Cup Stadium and he reflected on the match, the importance of playing in the AFC Champions League, his favourite memories from the competition so far, and his hopes for 2020.

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The former Islamic Republic of Iran national team forward saw Esteghlal score five goals against their hosts at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium to book their place in the group stage of the competition for the fourth consecutive year.

In the meantime, the AFC will closely monitor the situation before deciding further on the home matches of Chinese clubs on MD4, 5 and 6.

The decision, which was also made in conjunction with the competing clubs from the respective groups, is a precautionary measure to ensure the safety and well-being of all participating players and teams in view of the current coronavirus outbreak in the People’s Republic of China.

Despite Saeed Juma’s second-half strike ultimately deciding the tie, Al Ain dominated against the Uzbekistan club at the Hazza bin Zayed Stadium.

Having weathered a Kashima storm in the first half, Melbourne netted the tie's only goal on 54 minutes when Nabbout was on hand to fire home a deflected effort past Kwoun Sun-tae.

Custodian Lawrence Thomas then put on a goalkeeping clinic to deny the 2018 champions as the A-League side held out for a famous victory.

Istiklol had qualified to the play-off stage after stunning PFC Lokomotiv 1-0 in Tashkent in the Preliminary Round 2, while Al Ahli qualified as fourth placed in the 2018-19 Saudi Pro League.