Pourali Ganji Plays in Asian Elite

Iranian defender Pakhtakor features in the lineup against Saudi Arabia's Al-Qadsiah.

According to "Varzesh Se", in one of the matches of the second week of the group stage of the Asian Elite League, Uzbekistan's Pakhtakor football team will face Saudi Arabia's Al-Qadisiyah at 17:15 today (Iran time).

The veteran Iranian football defender, who plays for Pakhtakor with shirt number 5 and has played three games in the Uzbekistan Super League this season, has been placed in the defense line of this team next to Zayed Tahsin in the center of the defense line to protect the Nazarov goal against the famous attackers of the Saudi representative.

In the first match of the group stage in Jeddah, Pakhtakor managed to stop Saudi Arabia's Al-Ahly, the champion of the last two Asian Elite Leagues, with a 1-1 draw. Pour Aliganji entered the field as a substitute player at the beginning of the second half and gave an acceptable performance to gain the confidence of the technical staff to be a constant presence in this match.

The representative of Uzbekistan is currently ranked 7th in the Western region with one point from the previous game and hopes to overcome the 3-point barrier in the presence of his Iranian defender.