KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has called for an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss the possibility of rescheduling matches in its top tier club competition, the AFC Champions League (ACL), amid the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak. The East-Zone group stage...
Six-time Super League champions Johor Darul Ta’zim in Dubai January 31, 2020. The Southern Tigers are the only Malaysian representatives in Asia’s most prestigious tournament. — Picture from Facebook/Johor Southern Tigers
The meeting scheduled at the AFC headquarters here will involve all key stakeholders, namely member associations, leagues, clubs and commercial agencies participating in the ACL. Earlier, media reports stated that the Football Federation Australia had informed AFC that the first group stage matches scheduled in Perth and Sydney could not be played due to travel restrictions in the country following the outbreak.
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