Ag AFP
KUALA LUMPUR: Defending champions Al Hilal were Tuesday drawn against UAE’s Al Ahli and Uzbekistan’s Pakhtakor for the start of their campaign for a record fourth Asian club title in the AFC Champions League.
The Saudi giants beat Japan’s Urawa Red Diamonds last month, ending a 19-year wait for their third continental trophy and joining South Korea’s Pohang Steelers as the only three-time Asian champions.
They also became the competition’s first West Asian winners since Qatar’s Al Sadd in 2011, torpedoing a run of victories by clubs from Japan, South Korea, China and Australia. Two-time winners Guangzhou Evergrande of China, who won the Chinese Super League title this month, will face South Korean side Suwon Samsung Bluewings after being drawn in the same group at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.
Meanwhile South Korea’s Jeonbuk Motors, who have also clinched the title twice, will face Yokohama Marinos of Japan and Australia’s Sydney FC.
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