Decoding the West Region- AFC CL 21

The draw for the group stages of the 2021 AFC Champions League has been made and here we take a look at the West Region part. The competition as a whole will have 40 teams, up from the 32 that contested in the last edition. The usual suspects have qualified- the likes of Al-Hilal, Al-Sadd and Pakhtakor have literally played every season since the tournament was rebranded in 2002-03, but there are some new faces as well.

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