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Neymar scored his first goal for Al Hilal as the Saudi Pro League side collected an easy 3-0 win over Iran’s Nassaji Mazandaran in the AFC Champions League at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran on Tuesday night.
The Brazil star, who had drawn a blank in five Hilal games across all competitions, made it 2-0 on the hour mark with a classy finish across the keeper from the edge of the box. Almost immediately from the restart he ran through the home defence again but this time his dinked finish came back off the foot of the post and was scrambled clear.
Aleksandar Mitrovic earlier opened the scoring with a trademark header and Nasser Al Dawsari struck a third late on in a win that elevates Hilal to second place in Group D, level on four points with Navbahor, who beat Mumbai City 3-0 earlier in the day.
There had been considerable doubt about the game going ahead throughout most of Tuesday following Monday night’s incident in Iran prior to the abandoned tie involving Hilal’s SPL rivals Al Ittihad and their hosts Sepahan…
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