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<p>Qatar’s Al Duhail are staying confident ahead of their 2020 AFC Champions League Group C second-round match against Saudi Arabia’s Al Taawoun on Tuesday, 18th February. The kick-off is at 18:35 Doha time at the King Abdullah Sport City Stadium in Buraidah.</p><p>Iran’s Persepolis and the UAE’s Sharjah are the other teams in the group.</p><p>Al Duhail are currently leading the 2019-20 QNB Stars League table with 33 points, but are having a roller-coaster ride of late.</p><p>They lost to Al Sadd by a 0-4 margin in the 2020 Qatar Cup final recently and, subsequently, a change at the helm happened, with Moroccan Walid Regragui replacing Portuguese Rui Faria.</p><p>The Red Knights then lost their record of being unbeaten in this season’s QNB Stars League when they suffered a 0-1 defeat at the hands of Al Rayyan in Week 14.</p><p>Al Duhail also failed to progress past the group stage in the Ooredoo Cup even though they reached the Amir Cup quarterfinals by beating Muaither 4-0 recently.</p><p>However, they made a strong start to their new continental campaign by defeating Persepolis 2-0 in Doha with goals from Mario Mandzukic and Edmilson.</p><p>Al Duhail also have in their ranks players such as Mehdi Benatia, Almoez Ali, Assim Madibo, Karim Boudiaf, Luis Martin and Ahmed Yasser.</p><p>Qatar’s other representative in Asia’s premier club competition Al Sadd are in Group D alongside the UAE’s Al Ain, Iran’s Sepahan and Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr.</p><p>Qatar’s Al Rayyan and Al Sailiya had failed to book their berths in the tournament proper after losing in play-offs to Iran’s Esteghlal and Shahr Khodro respectively.</p>