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  • Wanderers To Face Guangzhou Evergrande in ACL Quarter Final

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    By mack

    The Western Sydney Wanderers will face Guangzhou Evergrande in the Asian Champions League quarter final.

     

    The draw, held tonight in Kuala Lumpur, saw the Wanderers drawn against Guangzhou Evergrande of China. The Wanderers opponents, who play in the Chinese Super League, qualified for the Quarter Finals by defeating Cerezo Osaka 5-2 on aggregate.

     

    The two matches will take place on the 20th & 27th of August 2014.

     

    Guangzhou Evergrande are the defending champions of the Asian Champions League. Western Sydney will host the first leg, then travel to China for the second leg.

     

    The matches are:

    Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia) vs Al-Sadd (Qatar)

    Al-Ain (UAE) vs Al-Ittihad (Saudi Arabia)

    Pohang Steelers (South Korea) vs FC Seoul (South Korea)

    Western Sydney Wanderers (Australia) vs Guangzhou Evergrande (China)

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    West13

    Evergrande had huge turnouts in their last visits to Australia. What could their allocation be?? I can't wait for this match!

    Sydney Stars? Isn't that the local netball team...

    That would be the Swifts.

    Melbourne Stars is a big bash league team.

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    wilsonpastore

    it will make for an incredible atmosphere. i will probably get western grandstand seats to have the best view of both groups

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    Taurus

    ACL rule 36 c)
     

    Once the AFC Official Registration Form has been completed and submitted via AFCAS,seven (7) days prior to the first match day of Quarter-Final in the Competition, up to three (3) players may be replaced in the event that they are medically unfit to play (certified by doctor in
    English). AFC must receive a detailed medical assessment to be reviewed by any member of the AFC Medical Panel which confirms whether the injury is sufficiently serious to prevent the player from taking part in the Competition. The club shall then immediately nominate in writing a
    replacement player in compliance with Art 33 & 34 of these Regulations. Until the replacement player has received his AFC Eligibility card, he will not be considered to have been registered for the Competition
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    Taurus

    Mums the word.

     

    We're all assuming Spira was included in the 23 man squad lodged by 19th July, however, his injury situation & the need for surgery may have been known by club prior to this date.

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    nmh94

    He'll be fit for the semis and final

    Whether we would want to replace him would depend on the quality of player we would replace him with I guess. I mean, if the Troisi rumours were true, I'd say go ahead and replace him, there will be no semis unless we get through the quarter. However, if it just a matter of some youth/back up players, then you would surely leave Spira in there, as the replacement is unlikely to get any game time in the quarter anyway.

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    wandererswaratahs

    Is there ticket info? Just had a look on the website but didn't find anything, might have missed it though. Clicking on the "tickets" link just brings up the a league matches.

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    Prydzopolis

    Twist: Gol Gol was also listed in the ACL squad!

    You have the list?

     

    Would have thought it would have been at least till November/December that he could be back at the very earliest if he had a "Robbie Kruse" like recovery!

     

    Another injury replacement for us though!

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    Kizza

    Guangzhou playing right now for anyone who is keen to be a bit of scouting/has a computer

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    Taurus

    Is there ticket info? Just had a look on the website but didn't find anything, might have missed it though. Clicking on the "tickets" link just brings up the a league matches.

     

    Thursday 7/8

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    West13

    Really worried about the quality of opposition we are up against in pre season as we try and get match hardened for the Asian champions...

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    Erebus

    Its been 2 games. Do you want the guys to go out there against top quality opposition right away after an off season and risk injury? These games are purely for getting match fitness into the legs, not to push themselves to the brink.

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    Smoggy

    Its been 2 games. Do you want the guys to go out there against top quality opposition right away after an off season and risk injury? These games are purely for getting match fitness into the legs, not to push themselves to the brink.

     

    Indeed, I think a few of the first teamers like Saba, Santa and maybe Juric will get a run out next Tuesday night at Leichardt and then step it up another level in the FFA Cup in Adelaide.

     

    Need games like yesterday for Popa to get a look at some other players and get fitness up as you say.

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    West13

    Its been 2 games. Do you want the guys to go out there against top quality opposition right away after an off season and risk injury? These games are purely for getting match fitness into the legs, not to push themselves to the brink.

    Understand and agree, no point pushing too hard at this stage with a long season ahead... Goal will be to have full squad ready for round 1.. (except spira now) and fit for another huge multi faceted campaign..

    Just **** timing for a-league clubs but can't do anything about that.

    I do have faith in the boys stepping up for the games, just conscious of match hardness especially with the away leg.

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    Erebus

    Nah I know what you're saying. The ACL is putting a spanner in the works for our preseason prep for the HAL. Its going to be a massive step up in intensity after playing state league clubs. Its a huge test, but other HAL clubs have had to deal with this too. Its the nature of us playing in Summer whereas the entire AFC region plays in our winter.

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    Sime11

    really we should be "fresher" compared to the other AFC nations/teams playing during Winter, that can only be a good thing right???

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    Prydzopolis

    really we should be "fresher" compared to the other AFC nations/teams playing during Winter, that can only be a good thing right???

    The Asian clubs all had the time during the WC off playing some friendly games, which probably keeps them fresh for the second half of the season.

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    Smoggy

    The fact is we need to win and not concede in the first leg at home.

    2-0 win would be nice. Steal an away goal the week later  to seal the deal :)

     

    I would settle for 0-0 in the first leg and 1-1 in the second leg. That's all we need......... easy right?

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    nmh94

    really we should be "fresher" compared to the other AFC nations/teams playing during Winter, that can only be a good thing right???

    Not if we don't have any combinations toigether up front. We will need to score a few goals to beat Guangzhou, they can attack. Heart alone isn't going to do it.

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