As announced by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) website, Beiranvand “pulled off an impressive six saves to keep his side in the match in Doha, securing a cleansheet and giving teammate Ali Alipour the platform to dispatch an 86th-minute spot-kick for the game's only goal.”
Beiro also recorded an astonishing 100% success rate in saves while winning three duels and having 25 successful passes in the semifinal game against Qatar’s Al-Sadd.
This performance was enough for him to earn the week highest mark of 7.7 and be titled as ‘Semi-Final, First Leg Toyota Player of the Week’.
Persepolis won the host Qatari side 1-0 in the first leg. The Iranian team awaits the 2nd leg in Tehran-based Azadi Stadium on October 23 to break the spell and win the ticket to the final of AFC Champions League.
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