Madanchi on target as Al Nasr defeat Al Shaab

Yousef Jaber fired Al Ahli into the lead on 37 minutes before Brazilian Bare sewed up the result with his 77th minute strike.

Al Jazeera bounced back from their opening round draw with a 6-1 drubbing of Al Khaleej while Al Sharjah shocked defending champions Al Shabab 4-2 in other matches.

Brazilian hotshot Rafael Sobis hit a brace in Al Jazeera’s big win while his countryman Anderson netted a hat-trick for Al Sharjah.

Elsewhere, Al Nasr beat Al Shaab 2-1 on the strength of Mehrzad Madanchi’s 47th minute strike, Al Dhafrah drew goalless with Al Ain, and Al Wahda trounced Al Wasl 4-2.