The Asian Football Confederation has published an article highlighting the names of prominent AFC Champions League offensive players who have endangered their opponents’ networks and played a vital role in qualifying their teams for the quarter-finals.
The 4 groups representing the western region have already qualified for the quarter-finals of the competition, with Al-Nassr of Saudi Arabia facing national rival Al-Ahli on Wednesday, while Persépolis of Iran will face Uzbekistan’s Pakhtakor.
The German winger scored his team’s winning purpose in the third circular against Iraqi Al-Shorta to help his team save first place in the 16-game circular, two games before the end of the organizing stage. In the first qualifying phase, they met Shabab Al-Ahli of Dubai, whom they beat 4-3 in the after-finals.
The 31-year-old, who won the Europa League with Sevilla and Chelsea, joined Al-Ahli from Red Star Belgrade in January and controlled to get numbers in the 2020 LCA, creating 10 opportunities.
Although still 23 years old, the Iraqi midfielder has won enough to have an effect in the American League this year after winning the AFC U23 Championship with Iraq in 2014 and the AFC Cup with Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in 2016.
Resan scored the winning goal in the 3rd circular against Al-Taawon for his team to qualify for Group C before beating Al-Sadd 1-0 in the 16-way circular.
Paktakhor returned to the American League quarter-finals for the first time since 2009 with a massive role played through Jaloliddin Masharipov, 27, in the team’s success campaign. Masharipov, who joined Pakhtakor in 2013 and is the team’s mainstay, scored his team’s first goal. in the tournament and the winner in the last circular of matches at the organization level opposed to Shahr Khodro.
Masharipov created 20 chances, seven more than Al-Sadd’s star Akram Afif, and controlled to score 29 dribble.
The Moroccan superstar is the festival’s most sensible scorer with six goals and has controlled to score in nine consecutive matches, leading his team to the quarter-finals after beating the winner opposing Al-Taawon in the 16-game circular.
The 29-year-old striker joined Al-Nassr in 2018 and one of the main reasons the team was crowned champion of the 2018-2019 league, securing the most sensible scorer position with 35 goals, before repeating the feat the following season by scoring. .