{"id":33733,"date":"2017-03-01T10:27:11","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T10:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33733"},"modified":"2017-03-01T10:27:11","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T10:27:11","slug":"iran-s-persepolis-beat-al-wahda-in-afc-competitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33733","title":{"rendered":"Iran&#8217;s Persepolis beat Al Wahda in AFC competitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-25917\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/football-icon-league.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" alt=\"football icon league\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/football-icon-league.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/football-icon-league-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>Tehran: Iran&#8217;s Persepolis defeated hosts Al Wahda of the United Arab Emirates 3-2 in the group stage of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League at the Al Nahyan stadium in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old Vahid Amiri put Persepolis on the scoreboard in the fourth minute of the encounter on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported citing Press TV.<\/p>\n<p>After the interval, Al Wahda players tried hard to draw level and their efforts finally paid off in the 58th minute, when forward Ismail Matar found the back of Persepolis&#8217;s net.<\/p>\n<p>Vald&iacute;via got Al Wahda the lead in the 64th minute. The hosts&#8217; celebrations, however, did not last long as the visitors put them under pressure to reduce the deficit.<\/p>\n<p>Mehdi Taremi of Persepolis scored the equaliser in the 80th minute.<\/p>\n<p>In the dying moments of the match, the 24-year-old Taremi converted a shot and snatched a glorious 3-2 victory for Persepolis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-25917\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/football-icon-league.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" alt=\"football icon league\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/football-icon-league.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/football-icon-league-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>Tehran: Iran&#8217;s Persepolis defeated hosts Al Wahda of the United Arab Emirates 3-2 in the group stage of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League at the Al Nahyan stadium in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old Vahid Amiri put Persepolis on the scoreboard in the fourth minute of the encounter on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported citing Press TV.<\/p>\n<p>After the interval, Al Wahda players tried hard to draw level and their efforts finally paid off in the 58th minute, when forward Ismail Matar found the back of Persepolis&#8217;s net.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[11131,21496,1210,12975,466,21493],"class_list":["post-33733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-football-news","tag-afc-champions-league","tag-al-wahda","tag-asian-football-confederation","tag-football-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-persepolis"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran&#039;s Persepolis beat Al Wahda in AFC competitions - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33733\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iran&#039;s Persepolis beat Al Wahda in AFC competitions - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tehran: Iran&#039;s Persepolis defeated hosts Al Wahda of the United Arab Emirates 3-2 in the group stage of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League at the Al Nahyan stadium in Abu Dhabi. 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