The session was conducted to brief medical personnel on the Medical Guidelines that cover the precautionary measures and explain the bio-secure bubble which controls and limits the movements of players and officials for the duration of the competition.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) had worked with the Qatar Authorities to establish the best possible environment for the safe return of Asian Football.

To achieve this, strict protocols and health regulations were put in place for the AFC Champions League (West) since it restarted on September 14 and a total of 8,563 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) for COVID-19 testing were conducted on players and officials during the duration of the competition.

Aspetar will now be part of the network of established medical centres under the AFC Medical Centre of Excellence which was launched in 2018 to provide better healthcare for the Continent’s footballers by recognising medical centres in Asia which demonstrate leadership in clinical research and education expertise as well as injury-prevention and management measures.

AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa said: “The AFC’s Vision and Mission has set out our objectives to ensure the success of our teams, players and officials and sports medicine plays an important role in this journey.

Dr. Peechalerm Pisanusan of Thailand, Dr. Yosif Husain of Kuwait, Joanna Ammar of Lebanon and Chhador Zangmo of Bhutan were the latest participants to join the one-week programme aimed at enhancing their knowledge and expertise in sports medicine.

Over the past two weeks we have seen the goalkeeper and the back four in front of him decided, so now it's time to turn our attention to the midfield and find out who you consider the top trio.

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The Australian side, who retained the A-League Championship with victory over Melbourne City in the Grand Final at the end of August, kick off their Group H campaign in Doha against Shanghai on November 19 and Corica knows his team face a daunting task as a result of a demanding draw.

Lee, 33, sustained the injury in a collision with Ulsan defender Dave Bulthuis during the first leg of the FA Cup final which ended 1-1.

The right-back is expected to be out for three months and will come as a blow to Jeonbuk, who won the K League title for the fourth consecutive season last weekend.