Gamba Osaka will meet Guangzhou Evergrande in the AFC Champions League (ACL) semi-finals after a 3-2 victory over Jeonbuk Motors on Wednesday.

J.League champion Gamba - ACL winner in 2008 - needed a stoppage-time winner from Koki Yonekura to seal its progression in the second leg, snatching victory from the grasp of their South Korean opponent.

After a goalless first leg, it was Jeonbuk thatstruck first in Suita as Leonardo converted a 13th-minute penalty, but Patric immediately levelled before Shu Kurata looked to have put Osaka in the last four.

His strike with 14 minutes to play seemed to have done enough until Urko Vera levelled for the visitor, giving it the advantage via the away-goals rule.

However the drama was far from over as substitute Yonekura fired past Kwon Soon-tae in the 93rd minute to leave the visitor slumped on the pitch in despair.

The second semi-final will see Al-Hilal meet Al-Ahli after the latter beat Naft Tehran 2-1 in Dubai, securing a 3-1 aggregate victory.

Rodrigo Lima's long-range effort after 26 minutes for the host put one foot in the last four, and when Ahmed Khalil converted a penalty early in the second half, its progression looked assured.

Naft - playing in its first Champions League campaign - refused to lie down, though, and pulled one back through Vahid Armin but it was not enough.