Al Wakrah SC (QAT) - Al-Taawoun FC (KSA) ｜ Highlights ｜ AFC Champions League Two

Al Wakra face a tough test as they welcome Al Tawun for the first leg of their AFC Champions League two rounds of 16 clash at the Khalifa International Stadium. The Qatari side narrowly advanced at the knockout stage as one is up in the three-team Group A while Al Tawun dominated Group B to secure top spot. Team news for Al Wakra, they'll need to be at their best to challenge Al Tawun's firepower Both teams aiming for a strong start. Their big hitters Aysa Laidouni, Ayman Hussain and Jelson Dalla are all in the starting 11. For Al Tawun, winger Moussa Baro has been the main source of goals for the visitors both in the ACL 2 and in the Saudi Pro League so far this season, 14 in all competitions. The match starts in the 12th minute, Martinez bursting into the box and the player who signed in January from Racing Club in Argentina wins the penalty caught by Fatih and so the captains face each other over 12 yards. Madiwi tucks it away beating Suad Alkata gives him the eyes and then slots it into the corner and the visitors hit the front, they have the momentum, lovely one-two, Mandash into the box and it's denied by Suad and the follow-up is blocked as well for Moussa Baro excellent acceleration from Salt and Mandash down the wing and first the goalkeeper and then Schultz the other end, a ball over the top for Ayub Asalta-Chase, well it was the type of ball that every forward dreams of, Arivas does just enough to put him off into stoppage time and Al Wakra snap into the tackle winning the ball high up the field, good position here, Assal forced a little bit wide comes back and it's fed into Jelson Dalla on the turn and Maelson blocks and Ayman Hussain also sees his effort carried away, really big opportunity the ball was fizzed into Dalla and he can't direct it into the corner, into the second half we go and Al Wakra come out fighting as they try and bring this tie level, Ulaya doing well on the far side the cross goes all the way to the back post and it's turned in, one-one, there was Ayub Assal with the right-footed effort, has to leap to keep the ball down and Al Wakra get their deserved equaliser straight down the other end, Altawun looking to hit back, oh that's brilliant for Martinez finds his way through the middle and fires it into the corner, what a hit that is, look at the footwork here to shake off the defenders and an unerring finish, Altawun back into the lead and Al Wakra looking to come level once again, Ulaya surging run for him pulls it back and Dalla slots it away, expertly tucked home, what a finish he had an opportunity in the first and he takes the second to level it up, towards the end of the game it's been a back and forth affair, Andi Fati now with a chance to deliver, it's dangerous and it's put wide by Farid Ulaya, Mailson can only push it into his path but it comes off the shin with the goal at his mercy, a nervy end to the game for both sides but it finishes all square at full time, twice Altawun took the lead and twice they were pegged back by a battling Al Wakra it sets things up nicely for the deciding match to be played on the 19th of february in saudi arabia