{"id":27997,"date":"2017-05-08T11:43:43","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T18:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=27997"},"modified":"2017-05-08T11:43:43","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T18:43:43","slug":"esteghlal-khuzestan-on-verge-of-qualifying-for-acl-last-16-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2017\/05\/08\/esteghlal-khuzestan-on-verge-of-qualifying-for-acl-last-16-for-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Esteghlal Khuzestan on verge of qualifying for ACL last 16 for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tasnim &#8211; AHVAZ, <strong>Tournament debutant Esteghlal Khuzestan of Iran requires a point against Group B\u2019s bottom side Al Jazira on Tuesday to qualify for the last 16 of the 2017 AFC Champions League.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After winning its opening two games on the continent, the Iranian side has drawn two and lost one ahead of the fixture at Ghadir Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>But a two-point lead over third-placed Al Fateh, coupled with a better head-to-head record, means a draw against already eliminated Al Jazira will suffice.<\/p>\n<p>Salman Bahrani\u2019s stoppage-time equalizer against Al Fateh in a 1-1 draw two weeks ago has left the host\u2019s qualification prospects in its own hands and it warmed up for the clash with a 2-1 victory over Saba in the Iranian Professional League (IPL) on Thursday, although Farshad Salarvand sits out through suspension.<\/p>\n<p>Two wins from two domestically since their last Group B game means the Emirati team goes into the tie on form, but both Yaqoub Al Hosani and Fares Juma are suspended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tasnim &#8211; AHVAZ, Tournament debutant Esteghlal Khuzestan of Iran requires a point against Group B\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":27998,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,84,136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c17-asian-competitions","category-c47-featured-news","category-iran-first-division"],"views":3678,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}