Sharjah vs Traktor Sazi FC, 2025-26 AFC Champions League Elite, League Stage

· AFC Champions League Elite
Sharjah
    FT
    0 - 5
    Traktor Sazi FC
    • 8': Regi Lushkja
    • 11': Regi Lushkja
    • 40': Mehdi Hashemnejad
    • 45'+3': Daniel Esmaeilifar
    • 84': Masoud Zayer Kazemayni

    About

    Sharjah are hosting Traktor Sazi FC at Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, starting on . The match is a part of the AFC Champions League Elite.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Foul by Guilherme Biro (Sharjah).
    • 2': Mohammad Naderi (Tractor) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 2': Foul by Regi Lushkja (Tractor).
    • 2': Majed Hassan (Sharjah) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 4': Foul by Shaheen Abdalla (Sharjah).
    • 4': Tomislav Strkalj (Tractor) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 8': Goal! Sharjah 0, Tractor 1. Regi Lushkja (Tractor) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mehdi Hashemnejad with a headed pass.
    • 9': Attempt blocked. Tomislav Strkalj (Tractor) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh.
    • 11': Goal! Sharjah 0, Tractor 2. Regi Lushkja (Tractor) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh.
    • 15': Foul by Shaheen Abdalla (Sharjah).
    • 15': Tomislav Strkalj (Tractor) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 17': Attempt missed. Caio Lucas (Sharjah) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Vladimir Prijovic with a cross.
    • 18': Corner, Sharjah. Conceded by Tibor Halilovic.
    • 20': Foul by Caio Lucas (Sharjah).
    • 20': Shoja Khalilzadeh (Tractor) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Cho Yu-Min (Sharjah) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Foul by Tomislav Strkalj (Tractor).
    • 22': Corner, Sharjah. Conceded by Aleksandar Sedlar.
    • 23': Attempt missed. Cho Yu-Min (Sharjah) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Adel Taarabt with a cross.
    • 34': Foul by Marcus Meloni (Sharjah).
    • 34': Tomislav Strkalj (Tractor) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 35': Foul by Caio Lucas (Sharjah).
    • 35': Mohammad Naderi (Tractor) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 36': Delay in match (Sharjah).
    • 37': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 38': Foul by Marcus Meloni (Sharjah).
    • 38': Tomislav Strkalj (Tractor) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 38': Marcus Meloni (Sharjah) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 39': Attempt saved. Tibor Halilovic (Tractor) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the bottom left corner by Darwish Mohammad (Sharjah).
    • 40': Goal! Sharjah 0, Tractor 3. Mehdi Hashemnejad (Tractor) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh.
    • 42': Attempt saved. Majed Hassan (Sharjah) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner by Alireza Beiranvand (Tractor). Assisted by Caio Lucas.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+3': Goal! Sharjah 0, Tractor 4. Danial Esmaeilifar (Tractor) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tomislav Strkalj.
    • 45'+4': First Half ends, Sharjah 0, Tractor 4.
    • 45': Second Half begins Sharjah 0, Tractor 4.
    • 45': Substitution, Sharjah. Igor Coronado replaces Majed Hassan.
    • 45': Substitution, Sharjah. Khaled Ebraheim replaces Marcus Meloni.
    • 45': Substitution, Sharjah. Luanzinho replaces Adel Taarabt.
    • 50': Attempt blocked. Tibor Halilovic (Tractor) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh.
    • 51': Attempt missed. Tomislav Strkalj (Tractor) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh.
    • 54': Attempt blocked. Caio Lucas (Sharjah) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Khaled Ebraheim.
    • 54': Alireza Beiranvand (Tractor) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 54': Foul by Rey Manaj (Sharjah).
    • 57': Attempt saved. Guilherme Biro (Sharjah) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner by Alireza Beiranvand (Tractor). Assisted by Khaled Ebraheim.
    • 61': Attempt blocked. Tibor Halilovic (Tractor) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Regi Lushkja.
    • 64': Cho Yu-Min (Sharjah) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 64': Foul by Regi Lushkja (Tractor).
    • 65': Delay in match because of an injury Regi Lushkja (Tractor).
    • 66': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 67': Substitution, Sharjah. Ousmane Camara replaces Guilherme Biro.
    • 67': Substitution, Sharjah. Saúl Guarirapa replaces Caio Lucas.
    • 69': Substitution, Tractor. Mehdi Torabi replaces Regi Lushkja because of an injury.
    • 71': Attempt blocked. Ousmane Camara (Sharjah) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 71': Corner, Sharjah. Conceded by Tibor Halilovic.
    • 71': Delay in match because of an injury Tibor Halilovic (Tractor).
    • 72': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 73': Corner, Sharjah. Conceded by Aleksandar Sedlar.
    • 73': Corner, Sharjah. Conceded by Mehdi Shiri.
    • 74': Attempt missed. Rey Manaj (Sharjah) header from the left side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Igor Coronado with a cross following a corner.
    • 77': Substitution, Tractor. Masoud Zayer Kazemayni replaces Mehdi Hashemnejad.
    • 77': Substitution, Tractor. Sadegh Moharrami replaces Tomislav Strkalj.
    • 77': Attempt saved. Sadegh Moharrami (Tractor) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Darwish Mohammad (Sharjah). Assisted by Masoud Zayer Kazemayni.
    • 78': Foul by Rey Manaj (Sharjah).
    • 78': Shoja Khalilzadeh (Tractor) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 80': Foul by Masoud Zayer Kazemayni (Tractor).
    • 80': Shaheen Abdalla (Sharjah) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 81': Attempt saved. Sadegh Moharrami (Tractor) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Darwish Mohammad (Sharjah). Assisted by Mehdi Torabi.
    • 81': Foul by Ousmane Camara (Sharjah).
    • 81': Tibor Halilovic (Tractor) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 82': Attempt missed. Mehdi Torabi (Tractor) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh.
    • 83': Attempt blocked. Saúl Guarirapa (Sharjah) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vladimir Prijovic with a cross.
    • 83': Corner, Sharjah. Conceded by Aleksandar Sedlar.
    • 84': Goal! Sharjah 0, Tractor 5. Masoud Zayer Kazemayni (Tractor) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner following a fast break.
    • 86': Attempt blocked. Mehdi Torabi (Tractor) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 86': Corner, Tractor. Conceded by Khaled Ebraheim.
    • 87': Substitution, Tractor. Mehrdad Mohammadi replaces Danial Esmaeilifar.
    • 87': Substitution, Tractor. Farshad Faraji replaces Aleksandar Sedlar.
    • 87': Attempt missed. Farshad Faraji (Tractor) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Mehdi Torabi with a cross following a corner.
    • 88': Foul by Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh (Tractor).
    • 88': Rey Manaj (Sharjah) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Attempt missed. Igor Coronado (Sharjah) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Feta Fetai.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh (Tractor) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tibor Halilovic.
    • 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Mehrdad Mohammadi (Tractor) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Tractor. Conceded by Shaheen Abdalla.
    • 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Luanzinho (Sharjah) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Khaled Ebraheim.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Igor Coronado (Sharjah) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Cho Yu-Min.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Sharjah 0, Tractor 5.
    • 0': Match ends, Sharjah 0, Tractor 5.

    Statistics

    TSA SHA
    5 Fouls 10
    0 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 0
    2 Corner Kicks 6
    2 Saves 3
    47.9 Possession 52.1
    17 SHOTS 11
    8 ON GOAL 3
    0.5 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    421 Accurate Passes 453
    496 Passes 513
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    2 Accurate Crosses 6
    5 Crosses 31
    0.4 Cross % 0.2
    44 Long Balls 50
    21 Accurate Long Balls 30
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
    6 Blocked Shots 3
    7 Effective Tackles 12
    14 Tackles 16
    0.5 Tackle % 0.8
    11 Interceptions 7
    33 Effective Clearances 7
    33 Clearances 7

    Game Information

    Competition: AFC Champions League Elite

    Venue: Sharjah Stadium
    Location: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
    Attendance: 966

    Line-Ups

    SHA Sharjah (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    26 Darwish Bin Habib (GK)
    20 Cho Yu-Min
    4 Shahin Abdulrahman
    33 Vladimir Prijovic
    22 Marcus Meloni Yellow Card
    88 Majed Hassan
    23 Feta Fetai
    49 Adel Taarabt
    27 Biro
    9 Rey Manaj
    7 Caio
    Sharjah Substitutes:
    Adel Al-Hosani, Igor Coronado, Harun Ibrahim, Maro Katinic, Khaled Ebraheim, Saúl Guarirapa, Luan Pereira, Mohamed Ben Larbi, Majid Surour Salim, Gerónimo Poblete, Ousmane Camara, Majid Rashid.

    TSA Traktor Sazi FC (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    1 Alireza Beiranvand (GK)
    3 Shoja Khalilzadeh
    4 Aleksander Sedlar
    22 Mohammad Naderi
    11 Daniel Esmaeilifar
    7 Tibor Halilovic
    2 Mehdi Shiri
    99 Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh
    20 Mehdi Hashemnejad
    19 Tomislav Strkalj
    31 Regi Lushkja
    Traktor Sazi FC Substitutes:
    Sadegh Moharrami, Masoud Zayer Kazemayni, Farshad Faraji, Mehdi Torabi, Saeid Karimazar, Mehrdad Mohammadi, Marko Johansson, Erfan Darvish Aali, Odiljon Xamrobekov, Adib Zarei.

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