The administration of the Saudi Al-Nasr Club submitted an official request to the Asian Football Federation to transfer the match of its football team against the Iraqi Al-Shorta Club to the capital, Baghdad. For its part, the Al-Shorta Club administration confirmed that it had prepared everything related to the match, including hotel reservations for the two teams, refereeing crews, and Asian administrative cadres. A member of the Al-Shorta Club administration, Uday Al-Rubaie said, "Yesterday evening, we received an email from the Asian Football Federation confirming that the match will be held in Karbala, and the match supervisor will arrive today, Tuesday." Source: National Iraqi News Agency