AFC Champions League Elite

FT Thursday, April 16, 2026
Vissel Kobe LWWWW 3
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Al Sadd LWWLW 3
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ALS120043
Vissel Kobe advance 5-4 on penalties · Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium · 1,212 att.

Team Stats

12
Fouls
3
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
7
5
Saves
1
60.6
Possession
39.4
22
SHOTS
25
4
ON GOAL
8
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
590
Accurate Passes
349
679
Passes
456
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
13
Accurate Crosses
3
46
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.2
67
Long Balls
88
38
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
7
7
Effective Tackles
9
11
Tackles
19
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
13
Interceptions
9
24
Effective Clearances
52
24
Clearances
52

Lineups

ALS · 4-4-2

  1. 22Meshaal BarshamG
  2. 29Romain SaïssCD-L
  3. 16Boualem KhoukhiCD-R
  4. 6Paulo OtávioLB
  5. 2Pedro MiguelRB
  6. 33ClaudinhoCM-L
  7. 4Mohamed CamaraCM-R
  8. 7Akram AfifLM
  9. 80Agustín SoríaRM
  10. 19Rafa MújicaCF-L
  11. 9Roberto FirminoCF-R

VIS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Daiya MaekawaG
  2. 3ThulerCD-L
  3. 4Tetsushi YamakawaCD-R
  4. 41Katsuya NagatoLB
  5. 24Gotoku SakaiRB
  6. 5Yuta GokeAM
  7. 7Yosuke IdeguchiLM
  8. 6Takahiro OgiharaRM
  9. 10Yuya OsakoF
  10. 13Daiju SasakiAM-L
  11. 11Yoshinori MutoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Al Sadd 1, Vissel Kobe 0. Rafa Mújica (Al Sadd) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Akram Afif.
  2. 24' Goal! Al Sadd 1, Vissel Kobe 1. Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gotoku Sakai with a cross.
  3. 45' Substitution, Al Sadd. Tarek Salman replaces Pedro Miguel.
  4. 61' Goal! Al Sadd 2, Vissel Kobe 1. Rafa Mújica (Al Sadd) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.
  5. 65' Goal! Al Sadd 3, Vissel Kobe 1. Roberto Firmino (Al Sadd) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rafa Mújica.
  6. 67' Substitution, Vissel Kobe. Makoto Mitsuta replaces Daiju Sasaki.
  7. 67' Substitution, Vissel Kobe. Jean Patric replaces Yuta Goke.
  8. 74' Goal! Al Sadd 3, Vissel Kobe 2. Yosuke Ideguchi (Vissel Kobe) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jean Patric.
  9. 81' Substitution, Vissel Kobe. Kento Hamasaki replaces Takahiro Ohgihara.
  10. 81' Substitution, Vissel Kobe. Rikuto Hirose replaces Gotoku Sakai.
  11. 82' Substitution, Al Sadd. Giovani replaces Mohamed Camara.
  12. 89' Substitution, Vissel Kobe. Mitsuki Hidaka replaces Yosuke Ideguchi.
  13. 90' Substitution, Al Sadd. Ahmed Suhail replaces Rafa Mújica.
  14. 90'+3' Goal! Al Sadd 3, Vissel Kobe 3. Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) header from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Rikuto Hirose with a cross.
  15. 90' Substitution, Vissel Kobe. Caetano replaces Matheus Thuler because of an injury.
  16. 90' First Half Extra Time begins Al Sadd 3, Vissel Kobe 3.
  17. 96' Substitution, Al Sadd. Javairô Dilrosun replaces Romain Saïss.
  18. 105'+2' First Half Extra Time ends, Al Sadd 3, Vissel Kobe 3.
  19. 105' Second Half Extra Time begins Al Sadd 3, Vissel Kobe 3.
  20. 108' Shuichi Gonda (Vissel Kobe) is shown the yellow card.
  21. 120'+1' Second Half Extra Time ends, Al Sadd 3, Vissel Kobe 3.
  22. 120'
  23. 120'

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