Here is recap of group phases (1st round) of ACL for those of you interested:
- Our clubs in their groups: Esteghlal (1st), Sepahan (3rd) and Traktor (4th-last)
- Qatar and KSA have each 3 teams in the next round, Korea has 2!
- Surprisingly, Japan has only 1 team in the next round, is Japan's league overrated? or are they not taking ACL serious?
- UAE has 1 team in the next round (same as us), their team (Al-Shabab) will play us (Esteghlal) in the next round!
These stats prove once again that our soccer has declined, we are literally worse than Qatar, embarrassing! We are matching countries like UAE, Uzbekistan, Thailand in club football... and still we keep saying we are one of the best teams in Asia!!!