{"id":22236,"date":"2020-12-23T06:34:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T06:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=22236"},"modified":"2020-12-23T06:34:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T06:34:21","slug":"afc-gen-sec-felicitates-perspolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/afc-gen-sec-felicitates-perspolis\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC Gen. Sec. felicitates Perspolis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"item-summary\">\n<p class=\"summary introtext\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>TEHRAN, Dec. 22 (MNA) \u2013 In his letter to Mehdi Mohammad Nabi, the secretary-general of the Iranian football federation, Windsor John, the AFC general secretary congratulated Persepolis on finishing as the runners-up in the AFC Champions League.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item-body\">\n<div class=\"item-text\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>John wrote: &#8220;Congratulations to your club for successfully participating in the final match of the 2020 AFC Champions League in Doha, Qatar.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>&#8220;I take this opportunity to congratulate Persepolis of Iran and Ulsan Hyundai of South Korea for their success and for being recognized as two high-ranking clubs in the 2020 AFC Champions League.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>&#8220;I thank you for your support, commitment and professionalism despite the unprecedented challenges,&#8221; he added.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>&#8220;The success of the final match was the result of a joint effort of the federations and the clubs,&#8221; he wrote.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>On December 19, at the 2020 AFC Champions League final, the Persepolis football team of Iran lost to South Korea\u2019s Ulsan Hyundai 2-1.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The match was held at the Al Janoub Stadium in Doha, Qatar.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Ulsan Hyundai was crowned winner, lifting the trophy for the second time in their history (their first was in 2012).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>This was Persepolis\u2019s second finals during the history of the AFC Champions League. 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