ACL 2017 MD1 – Group C: Al Ain vs. Zob Ahan [PREVIEW]
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Loading...AFC – AL AIN, Last November inaugural AFC Champions League winners Al Ain failed to add to their 2003 crown when they suffered heartbreak in the 2016 final, and they will begin the first steps to redemption against Iran’s Zobahan in Group C at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium on Tuesday.
The Garden City club have suffered from inconsistent domestic form, losing to Al Jazira and Dibba in recent times, but they did defeat Al Shabab in their most recent UAE Pro League outing last Thursday. And current AFC Player of the Year Omar Abdulrahman is a playmaker who can change a match in an instant.
Former AFC Champions League runners-up Zobahan, meanwhile, are well-placed in the Iran Pro League in fourth spot, but have hit a patch of poor form picking up just a point from their last four games. The 2010 finalists were eliminated by Al Ain in last year’s Round of 16 and the Iranians will be keen to avenge that 3-1 aggregate defeat.
