He needs to win with Tractor stumbling

Sharjah touches the direct qualification card in front of the Air Force

The competition to qualify is between Sharjah and Tractor.

Photography: Osama Abu Ghanem

Sharjah is facing a difficult confrontation against the Iraqi Air Force at 10 pm today at the Sharjah Club Stadium, in the fifth and penultimate round of the AFC Champions League group stage, noting that the previous match that brought the two teams together in the first round ended with the King’s victory with a free goal.

Sharjah, who tops the group’s team standings with eight points, is seeking to settle the qualification card for the next round early, without the need for the last round’s points against the Iranian Tractor, as he needs to win today against the stumbling of the latter, who ranks second with six points during his match with Pakhtakor of Uzbekistan. (Three points).

According to the tournament system, in which 40 teams participate in the group stage, the first-placed team in each group will qualify directly for the next round, and the three best teams who ranked second in the east of the continent will join them, and the same from the west of the continent.

So far in this tournament, Sharjah has won two matches against Air Force and Pakhtakor, and tied twice against Tractor and Pakhtakor.

Sharjah is counting in this match to complete its ranks after the return of its player Igor Kornado to participate again, starting from the previous match against Pakhtakor, after he was absent in the past three rounds, because he was injured, and the team also restored the services of its defender Hassan Saleh.

The technical staff, led by national coach Abdulaziz Al-Anbari, addressed the errors and negatives that accompanied the team's last match against Pakhtakor.

Sharjah played its past matches with a fixed line-up, with only some minor changes by the technical staff, and it is expected that the stability and stability of the squad will help the Iranian team cross in this match, after its nets had eluded Al Sharqawi's attack in the previous match.

And at the level of the Iraqi team, which is at the bottom of the table with two points, it seeks to come out with a positive result and an honorable appearance for Iraqi football, away from qualification calculations.

In the first match at 7 pm today, Pakhtakor and Tractor teams will meet in search of victory and each improvement of their position in the championship, especially the team of Tractor, competing to Sharjah, on the qualifying card.

• “Al-Malik” won twice and tied for both.

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