In this ceremony, Morteza Rahmani Movahed, the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Japan, along with embassy staff, Iranian school students, a number of interested Iranians with a welcome banner and signboard, warmly welcomed Persepolis football team.
Persepolis team, after welcoming ceremony at the airport, went to the MyStays Hotel Narita to relax after a long journey and preparing for practice.
The first leg match of Persepolis and Kashima Antlers in the AFC Champions League Final will be held at 13:30 (Tehran time) on Saturday, November 3th, at the Kashima Soccer Stadium in Ibaraki, Japan.
The stadium, which has a capacity for 40,000 spectators, is one of the venues for the 2002 World Cup and also hosts Kashima games at the J LEAGUE competitions.
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