Sing Chiang Rai United “Ratchaburi Mitr Phol FC” 2 Thai representative teams meet with “Daegu FC” and “Pohang Steelers” in the ACL 2021 play-off on January 23. 64 The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) revealed the mechanics of pairing the 2021 AFC Champions League play-off round in which Sing Rai United and Ratchaburi Mitr Phol FC, two teams from Thailand, participated. This round will face Daegu FC and Pohang Steelers, two representatives from South Korea, respectively, on April 14, 2021. And the playing field It will be confirmed by the AFC again.
The AFC originally placed the ranking for the Thai No. 3 team to play the playoff round. As the visiting team The 4th team will start from the second qualifying round as the home team. But from the new ranking that gives the championship team from Singapore Automatically qualified for the group stage, 1 seat, coupled with the fact that the North Korean team did not pass the licensing club Make the Hong Kong championship team Have the right to automatically play in the group stage as well From the beginning of the playoff round
Patit Suphaphong, Acting Secretary-General of the Thai Football Association, said: “As a result of the changes in the teams that have automatically entered the group stage, Singha Rai and Ratchaburi Mitr Phol will start playing in both play-offs. ”The AFC has placed that in the higher league teams. Will play at home against teams in the lower ranked leagues, so Beijing Guoan from China, the first league in the East Will meet the winner of the second qualifying round between Melbourne City and Gaya FC, while Cerezo Osaka of the Japanese League No. 2 in the East Zone. Will meet with the winner of the second qualifying round between Brisbane Roar and Shan United “
“Making 2 teams from Thailand as the 4th league in the Eastern Zone Will meet with representatives from the South Korean League No. 3, while BG Pathum United and the Port Authority FC, who have played in the group stage, will automatically be in Pot 1 and 2 in the line-divided lottery, respectively. Singha Chiang Rai with Ratchaburi Mitr Phol, if qualified through the group stage, will be in Pot 4. However, the team from the same country Will not meet each other in this round But will have a chance to meet in the knockout round “
For group stage There will be a lottery draw on January 27, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. local time (1 hour faster than Thailand) at AFC headquarters. Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
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