Jeddah ¨C Ten-man Al-Ahli retained the Asian ?Champions League Elite title on Saturday as Feras Al-Brikan¡¯s extra-time strike gave the Saudi Pro League side a 1-0 win over Machida Zelvia at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium.
Matthias Jaissle¡¯s side became only the second team to retain the trophy in the ?Asian Champions League era after cross-Jeddah rival?Al-Ittihad in 2005, despite having seen ?Zakaria Hawsawi ?sent off in the 68th minute.
Al-Ahli held out despite being outnumbered ?to take the match into an additional 30 minutes, and substitute Al-Brikan struck from close range after a Riyad Mahrez cross to give his team back-to-back titles.
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