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/ The Vice President of the Iraqi Air Force Club, Haitham Kazem, confirmed on Saturday that the club’s management decided to treat the Saudi Federation delegation during its presence this evening in Erbil with “the same”, two days before the expected confrontation between them in the fourth round of the group league. For the Asian Champions League.
Kazem told Agency, “The administration will deal with it as the Saudi Al-Ittihad Club management dealt with it in the previous match that took place in Jeddah. There will be no official reception for the Saudi delegation nor hotel reservations, and the driver will be sent with the bus only to receive them.”
He added, “The administration will assign the club’s driver to receive the Saudi Federation delegation, and will assign two of its employees at the club to direct the Saudi delegation and deliver instructions for the meeting the day after tomorrow, Monday.”
He pointed out that “the administration will not reserve the hotel for the Al-Ittihad team, and will leave the delegation to be the one to handle all the details of the accommodation,” pointing out that “Iraq is a generous country and its people are generous, and it possesses many good deeds, but what prompted the club management to do so is the behavior of the Al-Ittihad administration, which treated the Air Force delegation.” During the last meeting in Saudi Arabia.
Kazem pointed out that the management of the Saudi Jeddah Al-Ittihad Club granted the team’s delegation tickets to sit in the audience seats, and this will also be done with its delegation, which will come to Erbil this evening, for the match with Al-Jawiya next Monday.
The first Iraqi football team, the Air Force, arrived in the city of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, in preparation for its guest, the Saudi Al-Ittihad team, next Monday, at the Franso Hariri Stadium, in the fourth round of the group stage of the AFC Champions League.
The Saudi Al-Ittihad team leads the group with 9 points, while Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya ranks second with 5 points, then the Iranian Sebhan team with 4 points.
The Saudi Al-Ittihad team defeated the Iraqi Air Forces in the third round, 1-0, in the match that took place between them at the Radiant Jewel Stadium in the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.