Mumbai Metropolis FC head coach Des Buckingham needs to do one thing that an Indian membership has by no means completed, win a match within the AFC Champions League.
“That is the second time an Indian membership has been at this degree. Goa confirmed what we are able to do, they obtained 3 factors from 3 video games with 3 attracts. We wish to do what no Indian membership has completed earlier than. Which is to win a recreation. That will be creating relative historical past for us. We all know we’re representing not simply town of Mumbai however the entire of India,” Des Buckingham mentioned throughout a press convention forward of their first recreation.
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The Islanders have been topped ISL Champions within the 2020/21 season and in addition completed prime of the desk to raise the League Winners’ Defend – changing into solely the second Indian membership to safe participation in Asia’s largest membership soccer competitors.
MCFC have been drawn in Group B within the West Area and can face Al Jazira (UAE), Al Shabab (Saudi Arabia), and Air Pressure Membership (Iraq) within the 2022 AFC Champions League.
Mumbai Metropolis FC will go up towards Al Shabab in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Friday and Buckingham mentioned it’s “thrilling to face this problem.”
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“Al Shabab have a financial worth of gamers 5-6 occasions greater than us. That places the match-up into context. However you can’t afford to take a look at that and quit. Groups that we’ll come up towards are the most effective in Asia, so it will likely be thrilling to face this problem. We’ve many gamers who haven’t competed at this degree earlier than. We all know we’ve got to good however on the similar time we have to discover a construction that permits us our type of play,” Buckingham added.
Mumbai Metropolis FC’s AFC Champions League fixtures –
| Mumbai Metropolis FC | vs | Al-Shabab | April 8 |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | vs | Mumbai Metropolis FC | April 11 |
| Al-Jazira | vs | Mumbai Metropolis FC | April 14 |
| Mumbai Metropolis FC | vs | Al-Jazira | April 18 |
| Al-Shabab | vs | Mumbai Metropolis FC | April 22 |
| Mumbai Metropolis FC | vs | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | April 26 |
Mumbai tasted morale-boosting victories throughout preparatory camp in Al Forsan, a 2-1 win over UAE Professional League’s Al Ain and 2-0 victory over Al Hilal United.
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