TEHRAN – Iran’s Tractor came from behind to draw 3-3 with Qatar’s Al Wakrah in Group A of the AFC Champions League 2024-25 at the Rashid Stadium.
The result meant Al Wakrah joined Tractor FC in the knockout stage with the Qatar side to play Tajikistan’s FC Ravshan in their concluding tie next week.
Al Wakrah, who needed just a point to join Tractor in the Round of 16, had a dream start when Shojae Khalilzadeh gave the ball away to Farid Boulaya to set up Ricardo Gomes for a simple finish from close range.
Amir Hussein Husseinzadeh leveled the score just before the halftime.
Al Wakrah came back fighting and retook the lead six minutes after the restart from a set-piece situation with Almahdi Ali steering Gelson Dala’s set-up into the back of the net.
The Qatari side netted again in the 69th minute after Dala found space inside the area before finishing with a curling effort.
Tractor, however, refused to concede defeat with Mehdi Hashemnejad narrowing the deficit after finishing a fine team move in the 75th minute.
With three minutes remaining, Hashemnejad was on target once again to draw the match.