Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal made a winning start to the defence of their Asian Champions League crown on Friday with a 2-1 victory in Riyadh over Sharjah from the United Arab Emirates. Michael Oliveira’s 62nd minute volley earned Ramon Diaz’s side the win in the Group A clash after Saleh Al Shehri had a fifth minute penalty cancelled out by Sharjah’s Otabek Shukurov, who side-footed home Luanzinho’s cut-back two minutes later. Al Hilal are joined on three points by Qatar’s Al Rayyan, who saw Yohan Boli score twice in their 3-2 victory over Istiklol from Tajikistan. Shakhrom Suleymanov put the club…

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