Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal won 4-0 against Iraq’s Al-Shorta in Riyadh on Tuesday to book their place in the knockout rounds of the Asian Champions League Elite with a fifth win in a row as Al-Wahda from the UAE also confirmed their progress.
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Marcos Leonardo scored twice to move Simone Inzaghi’s side on to a maximum 15 points from the opening five matches in the 12-team western league phase and qualify for the last 16.
The Brazilian opened the scoring in first-half stoppage time with a bullet header past Hasan Ahmed while Ahmed Yahia’s 61st-minute sending off for a second bookable offense left Al-Shorta with what proved to be an insurmountable task.
Goalkeeper Ahmed allowed Sergej Milinkovic-Savic’s header to slip through his hands as Al-Hilal doubled their lead two minutes later, while Leonardo nodded in the third with 18 minutes left and Cancelo hit the fourth in added time.
