Al-Sharjah calls for the scenario of the “Asian Champions” going against Sepahan

The Sharjah team will be a guest on its Iranian counterpart, Sepahan, at eight o’clock this evening, UAE time, at Hamad Bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha, in the fourth round of the third group in the “AFC Champions League 2”.

“The King” is looking forward to continuing its positive results and enhancing its chances of qualifying for the second round, at a time when the same group, Tajikistan’s Esteghlal, will meet its host, Al-Wahdat of Jordan, today.

Sharjah hopes to repeat the scenario of its great victory over the Iranian team in the first leg with three goals to one in the third round, as the three goals were scored by Othman Kamara, Luan Pereira and Kayo Lucas.

Sharjah hopes to achieve a new victory and raise its score to 10 points, and be alone at the top of the group and break the partnership with Jordanian Al-Wahdat, with which it shares the lead with the same score (seven points), while Sepahan occupies third place with three points, and Esteghlal Dushanbe is in last place with no points.

Sharjah, led by its Romanian coach Cosmin, achieved a major victory in its last match in the ADNOC Professional League, 4-1, at the expense of Baniyas, although the match witnessed the absence of the main goalkeeper, Adel Al Hosani, due to suspension, while the goalkeeper of Sharjah, Hamdan Al Hammadi (17), took over as goalkeeper. Years old, who is considered the youngest goalkeeper in the UAE League, and Sharjah occupies second place in the standings of the local league teams with 18 points.

On the other hand, the Iranian team enters the match with only three points in its balance, which it obtained by defeating Esteghlal by four clean goals, while losing to both Jordanian Al-Wahdat and Sharjah. It is expected that the Iranian team’s lineup will witness major technical changes, especially since the club’s management had anticipated this. The match accepted the resignation of Portuguese coach Jose Moraes, due to the team’s modest results.