Persepolis to Play with Pakhtakor at 2020 ACL in Quarter
Persepolis to Play with Pakhtakor at 2020 ACL in Quarter
Persepolis football team from Iran was drawn to meet Pakhtakor of Uzbekistan in the 2020 AFC Champions League (West) quarter-finals.

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Persepolis football team from Iran was drawn to meet Pakhtakor of Uzbekistan in the 2020 AFC Champions League (West) quarter-finals following the draw in Doha on Monday.

Al-Nassr will also face Al-Ahli Saudi in an all-Saudi Arabia tie.

Both quarter-finals will be played at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium on Wednesday, with Saturday’s semi-final also to be played at the same venue. The two quarter-finals and semi-final will be one-legged affairs.

None of the four West Zone quarter-finalists have won the AFC Champions League before, with Al-Ahli Saudi and Persepolis finishing runners-up in 2012 and 2018 respectively. Al-Ahli Saudi was also runner-up in the 1985-86 season of the Asian Club Championship.

Pakhtakor was semi-finalist in 2003 and 2004 while Al-Nassr, runner-up in the 1995 Asian Club Championship, will be appearing in its second successive AFC Champions League quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals
Fixtures

Al-Nassr (KSA) vs Al-Ahli Saudi FC (KSA)
Wednesday 16:40 (UTC +3)

Persepolis FC (IRN) vs Pakhtakor (UZB)
Wednesday 20:45 (UTC +3)

  • source : Tasnim, Iran News