Al-Wasl will face an important confrontation when it meets the Iraqi police, in the fifth round of the West Asian group’s league matches in the AFC Elite Champions League, at eight o’clock in the evening at Karbala International Stadium in Iraq.
The “Emperor” hopes to regain the memory of victories, after achieving a draw in the last four matches he played, by tying with Ajman, Al Jazira and Al Wahda in the ADNOC Professional League, and with Al Sadd of Qatar in the continental championship.
Al-Wasl aims to achieve victory to take a big step towards ensuring qualification for the round of 16, as “Yellow” has seven points in fifth place in the standings, after achieving victory in two matches against both Pakhtakor of Uzbekistan and Al-Gharafa of Qatar, and a draw with Al-Sadd, while losing to Al-Ahly of Saudi Arabia. .
Today’s confrontation, in addition to the team’s match against Al-Rayyan of Qatar next Monday, is of great importance to Al-Wasl, as the championship competitions will stop until February of next year, while the “Emperor” seeks to decide his position on qualification before playing two heavy-caliber matches. In the seventh and eighth rounds against the Saudis Al-Nasr and Al-Hilal on February 3 and 18.
The “Cheetahs” are missing the services of Moroccan defender, Sofiane Bouftini, after he received a red card in the last round against Al-Sadd, and for the same reason he will miss the next match against Al-Rayyan, while the Serbian coach, Milos Milojevic, has a full list of the most prominent stars in the midfield and attack.
On the other hand, the Iraqi Al-Shorta enters the match with the aim of achieving its first victory in the new version of the tournament, as the team has only two points on its score, with its draw with Al-Nasr of Saudi Arabia and Pakhtakor of Uzbekistan, and its loss to Al-Hilal and Al-Ahly of Saudi Arabia.
Al-Shorta is betting on playing the match in its home stadium and in front of its fans, as the team’s matches witness a large crowd in attendance, in the stadium that can accommodate more than 30,000 seats.
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