Goals from Mohammad Naderi, Farshid Esmaeili and Cheick Diabaté at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium steered the Tehran giant to its second win in Group C.
“We expected that it would be a very difficult match but luckily we managed to finish the first half with a lead,” said Majidi in the post-match press conference. “In the second half we controlled the play and scored two more goals.”
“Al Shorta played a good match despite playing with 10 men. From our experience, playing against 10 men can be more difficult as the opponents fight back more.
“At the end of the day, we put our identity into the match and we managed to get the three points,” he concluded.