Salem Al Dawsari from Saudi Arabia, Almoez Ali from Qatar, Yasen Bakheet from Jordan, Nguyen Quang Hai from Vietnam, Kim Min-jae from Korea Republic, Mohanad Ali from Iraq, Awer Mabil from Australia, Yuto Nagatomo from Japan and Eldor Shomurodov from Uzbekistan along with Iran’s Ashkan Dejagah has been named the best 10 players of Group Stage.
The 32-year-old midfielder has wound back the clock with a series of superb performances in midfield for one of the tournament favorites, AFC website wrote about Ashkan Dejagah.
Using all his experience in an advanced midfield position, he has been key to Iran’s attack, with his set piece delivery in particular a highlight, which was on full display with a wonderful free-kick goal in their 5-0 win over Yemen, it added.
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