10 MAN AL AHLI SAUDI REACH SEMIS Al Ahli Saudi vs Johor DT Highlights ACL Elite Finals

Defending champions versus first-time quarter-finalists. Al Ahly Saudi take on Johor Darul Tazim from Malaysia in the King Abdullah Sports City Hall Stadium. Can the powerhouse from Saudi Arabia keep their title defence on track or will JDT continue their historic run? Into the action, only six and a bit minutes on the clock already. The first big opportunity for the Ataldas. The ball inside to Ivan Toni. Not sure he gets a touch on it. It's a deflection off the defender to help it up and over the crossbar. Fast forward now to the 19th minute. JDT coming forward with their first real attack. Ball into the middle and it's the opening goal. JDT take an early lead. Jairo with the ball inside to Guillerme, but it's Matrasic who puts it into the back of his own net. Back the other way, cameras playing catch-up as Amarez tests Andoni Subiara in goal. Put in on goal by Mateos Goncalves, looking for the far corner. But it's straight at the JDT keeper. 27th minute, Matrasic with the attempt at a scissor kick. Clearance catches Jairo right in the face. The JDT player unable to continue. Al Ahly down to ten men, Matrasic with a straight red card just before the break. Take a chance perhaps to level things up and it is an equaliser. Frank Kessier with the header. Ibanez was there with him, but it's Kessier who meets the ball and guides it back across into the far corner. So all square at the break. Al Ahly coming back, man down, now looking to take the lead. Galeno, shifted onto his right. Galeno! What a strike! Galeno with just his second Champions League goal of the season, just his third in all competitions. But what a time to get back on the score sheet and what a goal in this all-or-nothing knockout tie. Al Ahly's Saudi in the lead, quarter of an hour still to go. JDT now pushing for an equaliser. Iago tries his luck from just outside the box and Edward Mendy, full stretch, helps it round the outside of the post. Big save from the French shot-stopper. JDT with a corner, whipped into a dangerous area. Mendy is roughly locked, but it's straight down the middle. And again, it's Edward Mendy who makes the stop. Into stoppage time now. One last roll of the dice for JDT, and Rivas on the half-volley! But again, Edward Mendy keeps it out. And that is all she wrote in Jeddah. A player down and with their backs against the wall, Al Ahly's Saudi come from behind to beat JDT and move on to the final four of the AFC Champions League elite. The title defence is still very much on.