Torabi, Khalilzadeh’s Goals Nominated for ACL 2019 Group Stage Best Goal
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – With the group stage of the 2019 AFC Champions League now done and dusted, the-AFC.com is looking back at the six Allianz Goal of the Week winners and inviting the fans to pick their overall favorite via a public vote on the official website.
Iranian champion Persepolis was scoreless with Al Ahli on Matchday Three when defender Shoja Khalilzadeh showed superb agility to adjust his body and acrobatically scissor-kick home the opening goal from just inside the area in a 2-0 win.
Persepolis may not have scaled the heights of its 2018 runner-up campaign but Mehdi Torabi’s rocket from 30 yards in a 2-0 win against Al Sadd at least helped round off its tournament on a high – on Xavi’s final game as a professional footballer, no less.
The Persepolis duo will compete with Kim Dae-won (Daegu FC vs Melbourne Victory), Sebastian Giovinco (Al Hilal vs Esteghlal), Alaa Abbas (Al Zawraa vs Al Wasl) and Islom Tukhtakhodjaev (Lokomotiv vs Al Wahda) for the award.
