Tomorrow CCM host Abdysh-Ata in their 2nd leg AFC Cup game. 1-1 after the first leg.
Ideal scenario for the Nix, Mariners win & then have to travel to Oman or Lebanon (more likely Iraq given Lebanon unsafe currently) for the AFC Cup final. Al Ahed from Lebanon hosted Al Nahda from Oman, in Karbala, Iraq last week in their 1st leg. 2nd leg tomorrow in Oman
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2024/04/24/asia/afc-cup/central-coast-mariners-fc/fk-abdish-ata-kant/4294658/
As somone else pointed out, if the Mariners make the AFC Cup final with it's long haul to the Middle East, they will be higher chance of losing their 2 legged ALM semi series. And if CCM finish 1st ahead of the Nix, we want them to lose their semi final series, so that if the Nix win theirs, it's a ALM Final in Welly as top ranked finalists.
Ideal scenario for the Nix, Mariners win & then have to travel to Oman or Lebanon (more likely Iraq given Lebanon unsafe currently) for the AFC Cup final. Al Ahed from Lebanon hosted Al Nahda from Oman, in Karbala, Iraq last week in their 1st leg. 2nd leg tomorrow in Oman
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2024/04/24/asia/afc-cup/central-coast-mariners-fc/fk-abdish-ata-kant/4294658/
As somone else pointed out, if the Mariners make the AFC Cup final with it's long haul to the Middle East, they will be higher chance of losing their 2 legged ALM semi series. And if CCM finish 1st ahead of the Nix, we want them to lose their semi final series, so that if the Nix win theirs, it's a ALM Final in Welly as top ranked finalists.