Striker released by Benfica shines in Champions League (Video) | OneFootball

Al-Hilal secured a crucial 3-2 victory over Nasaf Qarshi in the second round of the Asian Champions League. Marcos Leonardo, former Benfica player, shone by scoring the decisive goal that ensured three points for Simone Inzaghi's team.

Playing on enemy territory, it was Al-Hilal who opened the scoring of the match, with Milinkovic-Savic making it 1-0 at 21 minutes. The response from the home team was not long in coming, and six minutes later, Bakhromov leveled the score.

However, the team of Marcos Leonardo would go to the break with the advantage in the match, after Theo Hernández scored the second goal for Al-Hilal in the first half stoppage time, at 45'+2. The French player had already put the ball in the back of the opponent's net in the second minute of the game, but the goal was disallowed for offside.

In the second half, the substitutions by Nasaf Qarshi had an effect and Sidikov, who replaced Golban right at the start of the second half, scored the equalizing goal at 60', making it 2-2 on the scoreboard. However, Marcos Leonardo had other ideas and, after having scored twice in the previous match, he scored again, giving Al-Hilal the victory in the 79th minute.

Al-Hilal has two wins in two games in the Asian Champions League. Inzaghi's team occupies the first position in the league phase standings of the Asian competition, being the sole leader of the competition at the moment.

Check out Marcos Leonardo's goal:

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