The AFC chooses Sharjah striker Bernard among the celebrities of the Champions League

The Asian Football Confederation has chosen the Brazilian player Bernard Duart, the striker of Sharjah Club, among the most famous and most dangerous players participating in the Champions League for the 2022 season.

A wide space was allocated to him in a report published on the home page of his official website that includes the most important and famous players participating in the West Asian teams in the new version of the tournament, in which the group stage matches will start tomorrow, according to the assembly system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with the participation of 3 clubs from the Emirates, namely Al-Jazira, Shabab Al-Ahly and Sharjah.

The AFC confirmed that Bernard Duart is no stranger to the AFC Champions League, as he previously participated in it with his former team Shakhtar Donetsk, and he previously participated in the European Champions League in 25 games, and in the Libertadores Cup 13 games when he represented the Brazilian club Atlético Mineiro. In the 2013 season, he scored 4 goals and provided two assists in the tournament.

The report said: "Bernard also made his mark in the AFC Champions League, despite playing only one match with Sharjah last season, where he scored a beautiful goal during the 1-1 draw against Al Wahda in the round of 16 before Sharjah was eliminated by penalty kicks."

He added, "Bernard is scheduled to face his former Everton teammate James Rodriguez, player of Qatari club Al Rayyan club twice within four days, however he is setting his sights on helping Sharjah as much as he can, or at least providing them with their best performance in the tournament after reaching the quarter-finals. year 2004".

The report also devoted other spaces to a number of famous footballers who will participate in the West Asian clubs in the Champions League in the new version, most notably Santi Cazorla, Al Sadd player who previously played for Arsenal and Via Real, and James Rodriguez, Al Rayyan player who previously played in Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Everton. Odion Ighalo, the Al Hilal player who previously played in the Chinese Super League with Changchun Yatai and Shanghai Shenhua, and Iver Banega, the Saudi youth player who previously won 3 titles with Seville in the European League and a title before in the Libertadores League with Argentine Boca Juniors, and Toby Alder Verlade who previously He won the Spanish League with Atletico Madrid, and the Champions League runner-up with Tottenham Hotspur.


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