The new calendar also means that the majority of the 2020-21 season will be played concurrently with the grassroots football season.

The 161 men’s matches will be played over 23 weeks, with the Grand Final set for June, and the women’s 57 games will finish with a Grand Final in April.

Wuhan defeated Jiangsu Suning 4-0 in Sunday's final and it was also a personal triumph for midfielder Wang.

Wang, the 2018 AFC Women's Player of the Year, was among the millions of Wuhan residents who were locked down in their homes for more than two months from late January as the city battled the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus and the 25-year-old kept fit by training indoors and missed the Women's Olympic Qualifiers in Australia.

After bringing you four efforts from years gone by over the first two days of the contest, our latest selection features a contrasting pair of wonder strikes from the 2015 and 2019 editions.

Having scrolled the archives to hand-pick some of the finest goals from the past decade fans of Asian football are sure to enjoy our review, which features some of the tournament's most popular clubs and greatest players.

The V.League began life in a semi-professional capacity back in 1980 and didn't turn professional until after the turn of the millennium but plenty of history has been written ever since.

As the-AFC.com continues its look at the biggest teams from the domestic leagues across Asia, we've selected five teams – based on both success and fanbase – as Vietnam's most popular clubs. Review the candidates and vote for your favourite at the bottom of the article.

In a departure from our usual weekly poll, we’ve narrowed down the best performers from the various international matches featuring Asian sides over the last week, now it’s up to you to decide who was Asia’s standout player over the international break.

Here are our eight nominees:

Khalilzadeh got the Islamic Republic of Iran champions on the road to a victory they needed to advance to the Round of 16 with his header as Persepolis scored a 4-0 win in their Matchday Six tie.

Check out all the nominees and the poll result at the bottom of the article.