The Asian Football Confederation issued a press statement today, Wednesday, that the Emirates Today received a copy of it via e-mail, during which he confirmed that the two scheduled matches in the second round of the AFC Champions League, which gathered the Iranian month of Khodro against Kuwait, and the Iranian independence of Iran with Bahraini Riffa were transferred. Officially for neutral stadiums.
The statement said that the procedures to transfer to neutral stadiums come as a result of the current security conditions after several governments decided to issue warnings against travel to Iran.
The statement added: "To help facilitate the transfer of the two meetings to neutral stadiums, the relevant AFC committees have agreed to reschedule them to next Saturday, January 25, 2020, to be resided in the United Arab Emirates."
The Iranian clubs announced during the past days, their withdrawal from the championship due to the AFC decision to transfer matches to neutral stadiums.
Next Saturday will be a crucial date for Iranian clubs to participate or implement the formal withdrawal decision.