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ACL Elite Final Preview + Herve Renard sacked by Saudi Arabia
All eyes are on Jeddah this week for the final of this year's AFC Champions League Elite between hometown club, Al Ahli, and Japan's Machida Zelvia.
The Asian Game Podcast
EPISODE 270
ACL Elite Final Preview + Herve Renard sacked by Saudi Arabia
All eyes are on Jeddah this week for the final of this year's AFC Champions League Elite between hometown club, Al Ahli, and Japan's Machida Zelvia.
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
All eyes are on Jeddah this week for the final of this year’s AFC Champions League Elite between hometown club, Al Ahli, and Japan’s Machida Zelvia.
We are joined by Arab News reported, Mohammed Fayad, to preview another huge final and discuss whether this is Al Ahli’s title to lose, what makes Machida Zelvia dangerous, Machida’s controversial coach and style. Plus we discuss the ACL Two and Challenge League Finals.
Finally, we unpack the decision by Saudi Arabia to sack Herve Renard on the eve of the FIFA World Cup, replacing him with former Greek international Georgios Donis.
