The time is almost upon us for the Al-Hilal vs Esteghlal AFC Champions League Elite game as we find ourselves fast approaching kick-off for this match, and the team sheets have just been announced.
Here is the starting XI for Al-Hilal which has been confirmed as follows:
Al-Hilal
Yassine Bounou #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Morocco
Place of birth: Montreal, Canada
Kalidou Koulibaly #3
Defender
Height: 1.95m
Weight: 89kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Senegal
Place of birth: Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France
Hassan Tambakti #17
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Saudi Arabia
Place of birth: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
João Pedro Cavaco Cancelo
Also known as João Cancelo
Defender
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Barriero, Portugal
Nasser Al Dawsari #24
Midfielder
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Saudi Arabia
Place of birth: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Sergej Milinković-Savić
Midfielder
Height: 1.92m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Serbia
Place of birth: Lleida, Spain
Salem Al Dawsari #10
Forward
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Saudi Arabia
Place of birth: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Malcom Filipe Silva de Oliveira #17
Also known as Malcom
Midfielder
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: São Paulo, Brazil
Al Hamdan, A
Aleksandar Mitrović
Forward
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Serbia
Place of birth: Smederevo, Serbia
Lodi, R
The team sheet line-up for Esteghlal has also been confirmed as:
Esteghlal
Hossein Hosseini
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 32
Rouzbeh Cheshmi
Defender
Height: 1.92m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 31
Ramin Rezaeian #23
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 34
Didier Ndong #20
Midfielder
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Gabon
Place of birth: Lambaréné , Gabon
Jaloliddin Masharipov
Forward
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 31
Gaël Kakuta #14
Forward
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 33
Nationality: DR Congo (Zaire)
Place of birth: Lille, France
Hossein Eslami, M
Niknafs, Z
Zakipour, M
Zamani, A
Fallah, S
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