According to Tasnim news agency, the fifth round of the group stage of the Asian Champions League in the 2022 season will be followed tonight (Friday) and tomorrow morning (Saturday) with the participation of two representatives of our country in Saudi Arabia.
In Group D of the matches, Sepahan Iran football team, after winning one, drawing and losing two of its previous four games, must face Pakhtakori, who managed to defeat this team with a result of 3 to 1 in the first week. Despite having a good start in the Champions League, Sepahani have appeared somewhat disappointing in the last three games and now they feel the danger of being eliminated from the competition. Muharram Navidkia’s team needs to win the remaining two games to advance, and of course the points of losing Al-Duhail and Al-Taawon. Sepahani is currently in the third place of the group D table with four points and Pakhtakor is at the bottom of the table with three points.
Sepahani will have a chance to advance for the last week if they win this game, but if they are eliminated, they will be eliminated from the competition. Sepahan draw in this game does not seem to be very useful for Navidkia and his team and it will definitely keep them from winning the first title of the group. Considering that the second top teams are going to advance to the next round, it can be predicted that Sepahan, even if it wins this title, which of course becomes very weak with a draw against Pakhtakor, will have to work hard to advance to Emma and if.
In Group C, however, Foolad has experienced different conditions than the other representative of our country. The team has won two and drawn two of its previous four games, and with eight points, it is the group’s first chance to advance. Six points that Foolad has scored from its last two games against Ahal with a similar result of one to zero, has led to halfway through the ascent, and considering the acceptable performance of this team against Al-Gharafah and Shababa Al-Ahly in the first round, we can have high hopes for the success of the representative. Khuzestani Iran had in the group stage of the Champions League. If Foolad wins this game, it will secure its second title in the group and will have to face Shabab al-Ahly for the lead in the last week. Of course, if Shabab Al-Ahly, whose game against Ahal is played before Foolad’s game, does not score three points, Foolad will decide to advance as the first team in Group C with a victory against Al-Gharafa.
Al-Gharafah, however, with a win, two draws, a defeat and five points, is in the third place of the Group C table, and in order to survive its chance to advance, it urgently needs three points in this game. The team led by Andrea Stramaccioni, which also includes Saeed Ezatollahi, reached a goalless draw in the away game against Foolad, while the Iranian representative had a significant advantage over his Qatari opponent in terms of statistics. Al-Gharafah, however, suffered a strange and disappointing 8-2 defeat in its previous game against Shabab al-Ahly, so that it does not have a very good mental state for the game against Foolad.
Steel tournament results in the last four games:
Steel Zero – Al Gharafa Zero
Steel One – Shabab Al-Ahly One
Steel One – Zero Deer
Steel One – Zero Deer
Steel Tournament Schedule:
* Saturday – May 3
Al-Gharafah – Steel / 00:45
Wednesday – 7 May
Steel – Shabab Al-Ahly / 00:45
Sepahan match results in the last 3 games:
Sepahan 3 – Pakhtakor One
Sepahan Safar – Al-Duhail One
Sepahan Safar – Cooperation 3
Sepahan One – Cooperation One
Sepahan tournament schedule:
* Friday – May 2
Sepahan – Pakhtakor / 21:45
سه شنبه – 6 ارديبهشت
Sepahan – Al-Duhail / 21:45