Absorbing encounter on cards as Al Ain take on Al Ittihad in AFC Champions League quarter-finals

 A high-octane battle is on the cards when former AFC Champions League winners, the UAE's Al Ain, and Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia lock horns in the quarter-final first leg of the ACL at the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium on Tuesday. Al Ain, who won the inaugural tournament in 2003, reached the quarter-finals for the first time since 2006, having topped Group C ahead of Al Ittihad before edging out