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CRICKET | Page 5 FFORMULAORMULA 1 | Page 9 Hyderabad Wolff cautions knock out his drivers KKR with a ahead of 22-run win Monaco race Thursday, May 26, 2016 TENNIS Sha’baan 19, 1437 AH Murray made to GULF TIMES grind out another win in fi ve sets SPORT Page 11 AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Jaish survive scare to book fi rst quarters appearance A 4-2 win by 10-man Lekhwiya not enough as Lamouchi’s side advance with a 6-4 aggregate AFC Doha l Jaish booked their place in the quarter-fi nals of the 2016 AFC Champions League yesterday, but not before being given the Efright of their lives in a 4-2 loss against compatriots Lekhwiya that saw Sabri Lamouchi’s side advance with a 6-4 aggregate win. Lamouchi’s team had won the fi rst leg 4-0 but El Jaish were not assured of their place in the next phase of the competition until Romarinho scored his side’s second with 20 minutes to go and after Lekhwiya had been reduced to 10 men following the expulsion of Chico Flores. Alain Dioko Kaluyituka gave Le- khwiya the lead before Sardor Rashidov levelled for El Jaish. However, two goals from Ismail Mohamed and a penalty from Nam Tae-hee gave Djamal Belma- di’s side real belief they could complete a remarkable turnaround. However, Romarinho’s goal – a fi ne drive from outside the area – sealed El Jaish’s place in the quarter-fi nals, the fi rst time the club has qualifi ed for Above: Lekhwiya’s Mohamed the last eight of the AFC Champions Musa (left) and El Jaish’s League. Romarinho vie for the ball Needing to win by four goals, Le- during the AFC Champions khwiya made a rapid start and, with just League round of 16 second eight minutes on the clock, Kaluyituka leg match in Doha yesterday. struck from close range after Karim PICTURES: Noushad Thekkayil Boudiaf glanced Ali Hassan Afi f’s cross into his path. Left: El Jaish’s Sardor Rashidov But with eight minutes left in the (right) celebrates after scor- half, Rashidov had levelled on the night reduced further when El Jaish goal- visitors had scored again, Nam netting ing his team’s first goal with for El Jaish, knocking the ball home af- keeper Khalifa Ababacar misjudged from the spot after Mohamed Methnani teammate Romarinho in yes- ter Romarinho’s pass. Boudiaf’s long ball forward and Mo- had handled in the area. terday’s match at Doha’s Jassim With only 45 minutes remaining in hamed stroked the ball into an empty But just when the seemingly impos- Bin Hamad Stadium. the tie and with little left to lose, Le- net after controlling the pass on the sible was on the verge of happening, El khwiya came out for the second half edge of the area. Jaish steadied themselves with a goal Right: Lekhwiya’s Chico Flores with all guns blazing. Mohamed tap- Lekhwiya’s challenge looked to be from Romarinho in the 70th minute, (left) is shown a red card ping in from close range after Ali Afi f’s at an end on the hour mark, however, with the Brazilian hitting a low shot by referee Ahmed Abu Bakar low cross three minutes after the re- when Flores was sent off for a second from 20 yards into the bottom right al-Kaf (right) for his challenge start. bookable off ence when he upended corner of Amine Lacmote’s goal to send on El Jaish’s Yasir Isa (second Four minutes later, the deficit was Yasir Isa, but by the 65th minute the Lamouchi’s team through. from left). FOCUS Shoot-out drama as Seoul, Shandong reach quarters AFP spot-kick in the fi rst leg — seemed to In the South Korean capital, FC Seoul Seoul have earned 10-man Sydney their fi rst started with a 1-0 defi cit from last appearance in Asia’s last eight. week’s fi rst leg but they levelled the tie But with the scores at 2-1 on the when Dejan Damjanovic capitalised on C Seoul came back from the night, and 3-2 on aggregate after last a defensive howler on 29 minutes. brink to win a dramatic penalty week’s 1-1 draw, Hao’s long-range shot Both sides had their chances but it shoot-out yesterday as Hao swerved past Janjetovic and into the top wasn’t until extra time that the strikers FJunmin’s last-minute thunder- corner, stunning the Sydney crowd. made their mark, as Seoul’s Brazilian for- bolt also put Shandong Luneng into the “There’s a lot of disappointments in ward Adriano plundered his 11th goal of AFC Champions League quarter-fi nals. football and there’s a lot of happy times the campaign in the 94th minute. In a breathless night of action, Go – this is an extremely disappoint- It looked like it would be enough – Yo-Han struck in the dying seconds ing time for the players,” an emotional until Urawa’s Lee struck twice in three of extra time against Urawa Red Dia- Sydney FC coach Graham Arnold said minutes, fi rst with his head and then monds — the fourth goal of the ex- afterwards. with a volley, to put the Japanese visi- tra periods — to force the shoot-out, “It took a great goal to beat us... all I tors within touching distance of the last which Seoul won 7-6. can say is, these things happen in foot- eight. Urawa’s Yoshiaki Komai was the fall ball,” he added. However, two minutes into stop- guy when his stuttering run-up and page time at the end of the second ex- shot was easily saved by Yu Sang-Hun, ADRIANO’S 11TH tra period, Go unleashed a left-footed before Seoul’s Kim Dong-Woo stroked Sydney got off to a dream start when shot which crept past Urawa’s Shusaku the decisive spot-kick. Brandon O’Neill’s low free kick crept in Nishikawa and forced the penalty kicks. The 2013 runners-up were seconds the second minute, before Walter Mon- from elimination after Tadanari Lee tillo equalised 10 minutes later. RESULTS scored twice in three minutes deep into Sydney made a sensational start to Round of 16 (2nd leg) extra time, before Go’s fi erce shot in the the second period when, with less than Sydney FC (AUS) 2 (O’Neill 2, Grant 122nd minute for 3-2 on the night and a minute gone, Rhyan Grant blasted 46) Shandong Luneng (CHN) 2 (Montillo 3-3 on aggregate. them 2-1 ahead from the right side of 12, Hao Junmin 90) It wasn’t the only action-packed last- the box after being teed up by Milos Aggregate score 3-3, Shandong win on 16 second leg as Hao’s rocket with sec- Ninkovic. Janjetovic’s penalty stop away goals onds left against Sydney FC locked up the from Diego Tardelli, after Zac An- FC Seoul (KOR) 3 (Damjanovic 29, scores at 3-3 on aggregate but put China’s derson saw red for a foul, appeared to Adriano 94, Go Yo-Han 120+2) Urawa Shandong through on away goals. have put Sydney through, but their joy Red Diamonds (JPN) 2 (Lee 112, 115) Goalkeeper Vedran Janjetovic’s late faded when Hao’s last-minute sizzler Aggregate score 3-3, FC Seoul win 7-6 Shandong Luneng players celebrate their win over Sydney FC after the final whistle in AFC Champions League round of 16 penalty save — after he also stopped a swerved into the top corner. on penalties second leg match in Sydney yesterday. (AFP) Gulf Times 2 Thursday, May 26, 2016 FOOTBALL Another Neville set to Spurs striker Kane sees Mourinho can deliver Arsenal confirm deal for Benitez agrees to stay at leave Valencia partnership with Vardy exciting football: Scholes Gladbach's Xhaka Newcastle on new deal Phil Neville is leaving his job as Valencia assistant Tottenham Hotspur forward Harry Kane believes Jose Mourinho will bring attacking flair back Arsenal announced the signing of Switzerland Rafael Benitez has agreed to stay as Newcastle coach and hoping to become a manager in his he and Leicester City marksman Jamie Vardy will to Manchester United, having learnt from the midfielder Granit Xhaka from Borussia United’s manager to try to return the club to own right following his brother Gary’s sacking provide England with one of the most formidable mistakes of Louis van Gaal, the club’s former Moenchengladbach yesterday. The Premier the Premier League. Benitez had the option as head coach at the end of March. The former strike partnerships on display at next month’s midfielder Paul Scholes has said. The Portuguese League side said the deal has yet to be off icially of exercising a break clause after Newcastle’s England international announced his intention Euro 2016 tournament in France. Kane edged out coach, who was sacked by Chelsea in December, ratified, but terms have been agreed with the relegation but will continue on a three-year to depart the day after Pako Ayestaran signed a Vardy by a single goal in the race for the Premier has agreed personal terms with United to 23-year-old. Xhaka has represented Switzerland contract. He has, however, insisted on changes. two-year contract extension to stay on as Valencia League golden boot after netting 25 times. take over from Van Gaal, according to reports 41 times and helped Gladbach to a fourth place He has written guarantees regarding the budget coach.