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DUBAI — Battle lines have been drawn for the 2009 AFC Champions League after the official draw on Wednesday at the Emirates Group HQ in Dubai threw up some intriguing match-ups.
Defending champions Gamba Osaka, of
Umm Salal were drawn alongside high-flying Emirati outfit Al Jazira, Iran’s Hazfi Cup winners Esteghal and Saudi’s two-time Asian champions Al Ittihad in Group C. Coached by Frenchman Gerard Gili, Salal will begin their campaign with a tough trip to Abu Dhabi to face the Black Spiders, while Esteghal travel to Jeddah for a mouth-watering tie with Ittihad.
In the East draw for the 32-team group stage, Gamba, who secured their place in the lucrative $14 million tournament by winning the Emperor’s Cup last week in
Kashima Antlers, the six-time J-League winners and champions in 2008, face
Saudi Champions Cup victors Al Shabab meet Iranian league winners Persepolis, Qatari heavyweights Al Gharafa and the winners of the Western qualifying play-off, either the UAE’s Al Sharjah or India’s sole flag-flier Dempo, in Group B.
Al Hilal, the Saudi Arabian giants who have a long heritage in
They were grouped with the UAE’s President’s Cup winners Al Ahly, as well as
Emirati League champions Al Shabab, who have struggled this year in the newly formed UAE Football League, will travel to
Back to the East, and Champions League debutants Nagoya Grampus will take heart from the draw after they found themselves placed in Group E alongside Beijing Guoan and Ulsan Hyundai, both of whom finished third in their respective leagues last season.
Grampus will, however, make the long trip south-east to
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