Damascus-Sana
The Syrian football representatives in the AFC Cup will meet Al-Wathba and the army this season with the Kuwaiti Kuwait and the Palestinian Hilal Al-Quds, respectively, in the second round of the group stage tomorrow.
The two teams ended the first round of the tournament with the same result, tied negatively with their competitors. Al-Wathba tied with Al-Faisaly of Jordan during the match that they met last Monday in the Jordanian capital Amman in the second group, which also includes the Lebanese Ansar, while the army tied with Bahraini Manama during their meeting in the Emirate of Sharjah within the first group that includes Also the Lebanese covenant.
Al Wathba, who is running this Asian entitlement for the first time in its history, after winning the Republic Cup last season with ambitious victory, especially in light of the good performance it offers in the local league, is in second place until now after the expiration of 14 stages, while the army enters the league champions last year. With high spirits after his victory over Al-Wehda last Wednesday at the top of the stage 14 matches, where he aspires to repeat the achievement of 2004 when he was crowned the first title of the Asian Championship at the expense of his neighbor Al-Wehda.
The tournament will be held according to the new system followed by the AFC Competitions Committee two years ago, which provides for the separation of West Asian clubs from their East, where a team from West Asia qualifies to meet the champion of the regional attaché to other Asian geographical regions in the AFC Cup final.