Iran’s Traktorsazi held by El Jaish in ACL

DOHA,March 13(MNA) --Traktorsazi was held to a 3-3 draw by Al Jaish of Qatar at the 2013 AFC Champions League group stages on Tuesday. In the match held in Doha’s Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium in Group A, Flavio Emanuel Lopes Paixao opened the scoring for the visiting team in the 24th minute. Al Jaish Brazilian striker Wagner Ribeiro cancelled out the goal in the 35th minute. Mehdi Seyed Salehi gave the lead to Traktorsazi once again six minutes into the second half. Adriano of Al Jaish equalized the match from the penalty spot in the 67th minute. With three minutes remaining, Ribeiro was on target once again for Al Jaish but Geílson de Carvalho Soares of Traktorsazi equalized the match at the dying moments of the match. In the same group, Al Jazira of the UAE drew 1-1 with AlShabab of Saudi Arabia.