Al-Wasl will face a strong confrontation when it meets Al-Sadd of Qatar, at seven o’clock this evening, at Al-Wasl Stadium in Zabeel, in the fourth round of the AFC Champions League for the Elite, as the “Emperor” seeks to achieve the first victory on its home field in the league stage.
Al-Wasl hopes to continue its continental brilliance, as it has six points in fifth place in the standings, by defeating Pakhtakor of Uzbekistan with a goal without a response, and over Al-Gharafa of Qatar with two goals to one, while it lost to Al-Ahly of Saudi Arabia with two goals without a response.
Al-Wasl achieved a paradox, which is that it shares with the leading Saudi duo, Al-Hilal and Al-Ahly, in that they achieved victory in two matches outside their homeland, but in return, Al-Wasl lost the match that it played on its home soil.
“The Emperor” seeks to avoid the negative journey that accompanies it in the ADNOC Professional League, after the team missed victories in the last four rounds, with its losses to Al Ain and Khor Fakkan and its draws with Ajman and Al Jazira.
Al-Wasl aspires to achieve its first victory over Al-Sadd of Qatar, as today’s match is the third confrontation between the two teams in the AFC Champions League, after they played in the third group in the 2018 edition, where Al-Sadd won the first leg in Zabeel by two goals to one, and the two goals of the Qatari team were scored by the Algerian striker Baghdad. Bounedjah, Fabio Lima scored Al Wasl’s goal, and Al Sadd repeated their victory in the second leg in Doha with the same result, thanks to the brilliance of Bounedjah, who scored two goals while Caio Canedo scored Al Wasl’s goal.
For its part, Al-Sadd is experiencing its best period at the present time, and enters the match in high spirits, as it achieved victory in the last six matches it played in the league and the AFC Champions League for the elite, as after its heavy loss to Al-Duhail by five goals to one in the fifth week of the league, it then achieved Victory over Al-Gharafa, Al-Shahania and Al-Wakrah, and finally in the “derby” against Al-Rayyan with two goals to one, while it defeated the Iranians Esteghlal and Persepolis in the continental championship, raising its score to seven points in third place, after it had tied with Al-Ain with a goal each in the first round.
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