AFC Cup semifinal turns into Arab affair

الأربعاء، 20 سبتمبر 2006 - 14:38

كتب : Mohamed Sabe

الفيصلي يسعى للحفاظ على لقبه في كأس الاتحاد الآسيوي

الفيصلي يسعى للحفاظ على لقبه في كأس الاتحاد الآسيوي

The dominance of Arab teams in the 2006 AFC Cup continued as Bahraini side Al-Muharraq, Lebanese champions Al-Nejmeh and Jordanian clubs Al-Faisali, Al-Wehdat reached the semi-finals.

AFC Cup holders Al-Faisali edged past Xiangxue Sun Hei's of Hong Kong 5-4 in a penalty shootout after both legs ended in a 1-1 draw.

Faisali's win set-up a local clash with rivals Al-Wehdat who produced a 5-0 drubbing of Tampines Rovers of Singapore on aggregate.

Elsewhere, finalists Al-Nejmeh held on to a goalless home draw against Selangor of Malaysia to advance to the last-four stage, courtesy of a 1-0 away win they registered in the first-leg in Kuala Lumpur.

Al-Nejmeh will face Muharraq who overcame a 1-0 home defeat to beat Al-Nassr of Oman 3-2 in the second-leg.

The first-leg of the semi-finals will take place on September 26th while the return leg will be played on October 17th.