AFC approval to host Persepolis, Nasaji and Sepahan in Iran+Photos

According to Fars news agency, after the draw of the group stage of the 2023 AFC Champions League and the identification of the groups of the Iranian teams, the condition of having VAR to host this stage caused many foreign media to announce the denial of Iran’s hosting in this competition.

But in this regard, the Asian Football Confederation officially announced the schedule of the group stage of the Asian Champions League, and the hosting of Azadi Stadium for Persepolis and Nasaji Mazandaran and Naqsh Jahan Stadium for Sepahan was confirmed.

In this way, the problem of VAR has been solved with the cooperation of AFC, and according to sports officials, the video assistant referee system will be used in these games on a rented basis.

Another point in this announcement of the Asian Football Confederation schedule is the hosting of the games of Persepolis with Nasr of Saudi Arabia, Nasaji with Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia and Sepahan with Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia, which is unclear.

In the last 5 years, the matches of the representatives of Iran and Saudi Arabia were held on the side field, but this year the two countries are seeking to cancel this rule, but the AFC has not yet officially announced the cancellation of the neutral ground.

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