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# Al-Ittihad beat Neftchi 2-1 in AFC Champions League Elite with a killer goal in the 90th minute

Al-Ittihad succeeded in turning around their deficit against Neftchi to win 2-1 in Round 3 of the AFC Champions League Elite, after a killer goal scored by Youssef En-Nesyri in the 90th minute.

[Kareem Al-Saleh](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/kareem-al-saleh-2) Editor Published 26 October 2026، 19:16 Saudi time

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Al-Ittihad beat Neftchi 2-1 in AFC Champions League Elite with a killer goal in the 90th minute

Al-Ittihad beat hosts [Neftchi](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/neftchi-396) 2-1 in the match played between them in the league phase of the [AFC Champions League Elite](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/afc-champions-league-elite-28), held at 16:45 Saudi time.

Neftchi opened the scoring through [Jamshid Iskanderov](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/jamshid-iskanderov-12155) from a penalty kick in the 17th minute, before [Houssem-Eddine Chaâbane Aouar](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/houssem-eddine-cha%C3%A2bane-aouar-1042) equalised for Al-Ittihad in the 34th minute. In the final minute of normal time, [Youssef En-Nesyri](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/youssef-en-nesyri-1055) scored the winning goal for Al-Ittihad in the 90th minute.

Houssem-Eddine Chaâbane Aouar was named man of the match after scoring a goal and delivering a performance that earned him a rating of 8.2, having played for 89 minutes.

Statistically, Al-Ittihad had 53 per cent possession compared to 47 per cent for Neftchi, and took 14 shots compared to 7 for Neftchi, of which 5 were on target compared to 2 for Neftchi. Al-Ittihad also took 8 corner kicks compared to 4 for Neftchi, while Neftchi received two yellow cards compared to one for Al-Ittihad, and the match saw no red cards.

With this result, Al-Ittihad raised their tally to 1 point in 11th place in the West region, with a draw and a loss from two matches, while Neftchi remained on 3 points in 7th place after a win and a loss from two matches as well.

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