AFC Champions League 2023 2024 Mumbai City Al Hilal

Conference West

Group Stage

4e journee

6 novembre 2023

PORT

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Decked in shades of blue with fan jerseys, hoardings and banners, the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai hosted the biggest football match on Indian soil as Mumbai City welcomed Asia’s most successful club Al Hilal in the AFC Champions League.In front of a noisy audience of about 30,000 on Monday, Mumbai City put on a solid defensive performance in the first half but second-half goals by Al Hilal’s Aleksandar Mitrovic and Michael meant the Indian Super League (ISL) team had to end their night on a losing note.

The turnout for the game was impressive but not surprising as there had been a buzz around it for more than a month after Mumbai City were drawn in Group D with Al Hilal, who have won the AFC Champions League a record four times.The prospect of watching high-profile players such as Neymar, Mitrovic, Ruben Neves and Kalidou Koulibaly on home soil excited fans in India with thousands signing up to buy tickets for the match.Mumbai City initially planned to host the match at the Balewadi Stadium in Pune but owing to the huge fan interest and security reasons, they moved it to the DY Patil Stadium, which has a capacity of about 42,000.While fans in Navi Mumbai watched and cheered for Mitrovic, Neves and Koulibaly, they could not get a glimpse of Neymar after the Brazilian did not travel to India, having undergone ACL and meniscus surgery last week.