体坛英语资讯：Irans Persepolis FC ready for tough AFC Champions League semifinal against Qatars Al Sad
<p><span word="TEHRAN">TEHRAN</span>, <span word="Oct">Oct</span>. 22-- <span word="Iran">Iran</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Persepolis">Persepolis</span> <span word="FC">FC</span> <span word="coach">coach</span> <span word="Branko">Branko</span> <span word="Ivankovic">Ivankovic</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="ready">ready</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="match">match</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="Qatari">Qatari</span> <span word="giants">giants</span> <span word="Al">Al</span> <span word="Sadd">Sadd</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span>, <span word="Tehran">Tehran</span> <span word="Times">Times</span> <span word="daily">daily</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Iranian">Iranian</span> <span word="side">side</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="host">host</span> <span word="Al">Al</span> <span word="Sadd">Sadd</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Tehran">Tehran</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Azadi">Azadi</span> <span word="Stadium">Stadium</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="leg">leg</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="AFC">AFC</span> <span word="Champions">Champions</span> <span word="League">League</span> <span word="semifinals">semifinals</span>.</p><p><span word="Persepolis">Persepolis</span> <span word="secured">secured</span> <span word="a">a</span> 1-0 <span word="win">win</span> <span word="despite">despite</span> <span word="enjoying">enjoying</span> <span word="just">just</span> 33 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="play">play</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="having">having</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="shots">shots</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="target">target</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="October">October</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Doha">Doha</span>.</p><p>"<span word="First">First</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="honor">honor</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="here">here</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="competition">competition</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="semifinal">semifinal</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="booked">booked</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="successive">successive</span> <span word="year">year</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="met">met</span> <span word="Al">Al</span> <span word="Sadd">Sadd</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="stage">stage</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="was">was</span>," <span word="Ivankovic">Ivankovic</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pre">pre</span>-<span word="match">match</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="conference">conference</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="expect">expect</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="beautiful">beautiful</span> <span word="performance">performance</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="Al">Al</span> <span word="Sadd">Sadd</span>. <span word="Our">Our</span> <span word="fans">fans</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="supported">supported</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="supportive">supportive</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="again">again</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="fans">fans</span> <span word="happy">happy</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="play">play</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="them">them</span>," <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Croat">Croat</span> <span word="added">added</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Al">Al</span> <span word="Sadd">Sadd</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="strong">strong</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Spanish">Spanish</span> <span word="stars">stars</span> <span word="Xavi">Xavi</span>, <span word="Gabi">Gabi</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Algerian">Algerian</span> <span word="Baghdad">Baghdad</span> <span word="Bounedjah">Bounedjah</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="eight">eight</span> <span word="Qatari">Qatari</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="players">players</span>. <span word="We">We</span>'<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="analyzed">analyzed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="defeated">defeated</span> <span word="Esteghlal">Esteghlal</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Tehran">Tehran</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="proves">proves</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="match">match</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="them">them</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p>
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