Persepolis

Paulinho kept Guangzhou Evergrande in the hunt to regain the AFC Champions League title as Kawasaki Frontale and Al Hilal won impressively.

Siamak Nemati scored the decisive goal against Al Sadd to send Persepolis into the final of the AFC Champions League.

Fabio Cannavaro It will be a clash of the titans in Asia on Wednesday as Seongnam host Guangzhou Evergrande in the opening leg of their last-16 clash.

Branko Ivankovic Persepolis coach Branko Ivankovic hopes his team can end Iran's AFC Champions League drought.

Ali Alipour stepped up to score a late penalty and put Persepolis in firm control of their AFC Champions League semi-final against Al Sadd.

A 0-0 draw was enough to take Kashima Antlers to AFC Champions League glory as Persepolis failed to break down the dogged visitors.

Leo Silva and Serginho goals gave Kashima Antlers a crucial 2-0 lead on aggregate in the first leg of the AFC Champions League final.

Al Hilal's dramatic victory at Al Rayyan was the pick of the matches but Omar Abdulrahman and Mehdi Taremi also starred on Monday.

A whopping 38 goals were scored across eight AFC Champions League ties on a thrilling day of group-stage action.

Two goals from Baghdad Bounedjah send Al Sadd into the AFC Champions League quarter-finals, while Persepolis dramatically went through.