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<p>Qatar’s Al Duhail went down fighting 2-4 to the UAE’s Sharjah in a thrilling 2020 AFC Champions League Round 4 Group C match at the Education City Stadium on Friday.</p><p>Abdullah Al Ahrak (12th minute) and Almoez Ali (70th minute) scored for Al Duhail.</p><p>For Sharjah, Khalid Bawazir (18th minute), Majid Surour (62nd minute), Igor Coronado (75th-minute penalty) and Caio (90+1) were the scorers.</p><p>Sharjah moved on to four points, while Al Duhail froze on six.</p><p>Al Duhail had beaten Sharjah 2-1 in Round 3 on 15th September, with goals from Almoez Ali and Ramin Rezaeian. Igor Coronado pulled one back for Sharjah.</p><p>Al Duhail had beaten Persepolis 2-0 in Doha in their opener on 11th February, but lost 0-2 to Al Taawoun in Jeddah on 18th February before the tournament was halted due to the Covid-19 pandemic.</p><p>Al Duhail needed just 12 minutes to open the scoring after Almoez Ali outmuscled his marker, controlling a long ball and setting up Abdullah Al Ahrak who cut inside from the right flank and unleashed a powerful drive from all of 25 yards that nestled into the roof of Adel Al Hosani’s net.</p><p>Five minutes later, Khalid Bawazir equalised for Sharjah on his first start for the club. The midfielder received a pass on the edge of the opposition penalty box and rifled a thunderous effort that flew straight through the hands of goalkeeper Khalifa Aboobacker as he attempted to catch it, bringing the scores level.</p><p>The match took an important turn on the hour mark when Moroccan defender Mehdi Benatia received a straight red card for an elbow on Sharjah playmaker Igor Coronado.</p><p>Straight from the resulting free-kick, Coronado beat the goalkeeper with a curled effort, but the ball bounced off the upright and fell to midfielder Majid whose diving header found the back of the net to establish a Sharjah lead for the first time in the game.</p><p>The action was far from over as Al Duhail restored parity again in the 70th minute. Defender Ahmed Yasser sent a cross-field pass that was nodded on by Mohammad Muntari into the path of Ali and Al Duhail captain caught everyone off guard, controlling and launching a half-volleyed effort from an angle that hit the upright on its way in to make it 2-2.</p><p>Five minutes later, Sharjah were awarded a penalty after Mohammed Moosa appended Welliton inside the box. Coronado stepped up and just like in the reverse fixture, converted from the spot.</p><p>Sharjah cemented their victory in stoppage time as Caio exchanged passes with Coronado following a corner and drilled an effort from a tight angle that beat the goalkeeper to make it 4-2 at the final whistle.</p>