Saipa trounce Minerva Punjab 4-0 at ACL preliminary stage

Source: Xinhua| 2019-02-13 05:19:44|Editor: yan
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TEHRAN, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- lran's Saipa whitewashed India's Minerva Punjab 4-0 in a 2019 AFC Champions League Preliminary Stage 2 tie at the Shahr-e Qods Stadium in Tehran on Tuesday.

Arash Rezavand opened the scoring for Saipa in the eighth minute from the penalty spot and Arman Ramezani was on target for the hosts in the 24th minute.

Saipa scored two more goals in the second half with Samuel Sarfo finding the Minerva net in the 73rd minute and Rezavand's second goal of the match in the 81st.

Next Tuesday, Saipa will travel to Doha, Qatar to play Al Rayyan in the playoffs.

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