Following the official decision of Iranian club Foolad, Al Hilal Saudi Arabia is one step away from reaching the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League.
Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia managed to reach the quarter-finals after defeating his colleague Shabab Al-Ahly Dubai of UAE with three goals in a match that brought them together at the South Stadium in Qatar.
While Iranian team Foolad Khuzestan reached the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League after defeating Saudi Arabian club Al Faisali on matchday sixteen with an unanswered goal at Al Thumama Stadium in Qatar.
Match date for Al-Hilal and Foulada in the AFC Champions League
The two teams are scheduled to meet on Thursday night in the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League at Al Janoub Stadium in Qatar, where the knockout matches will take place.
The whistle for the start of the match will sound exactly at eight o’clock in the evening Cairo time and at nine o’clock Saudi Arabia time.
Al-Hilal in the AFC Champions League semi-final, official decision
Iranian journalist Davud Ekdari reported that Iranian club Foolad officially announced the approval of the resignation request submitted by Javad Nkunam, the team’s coach.
The resignation came about due to financial problems and disagreements between the Iranian coach and Foolad’s administration, and he will leave Doha in the next few hours.
Ekdari emphasized that tomorrow the Iranian team will play their expected match against Al-Hilal from Saudi Arabia in the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League without a coach!
