The fcuked up scheduling of AFC which is in favor of east asian club once again will hurt the western teams, as they continue the elimination round in the next season for western teams.
All 3 Iranian teams lost some of their stars, Persepolis(Kanani, Noorollahi), Esteghlal(Ghaedi, Naderi, Mazaheri) and Tractor, pretty much the whole team as they don't even have enough players and have to use some of their junior team players as the club facing bankruptcy.