Harambee Stars captain Michael Olunga and Al Duhail are already in Saudi Arabia ahead of their AFC Champions League group opener on Thursday, April 7 when the Western Region matches kick-off.Duhail will be up against Al Taawoun for their first match, before playing Sepahan, and finally Pakhtakor for the first round of matches on April 10 and April 14 respectively.A delegation of 23 players and the technical staff, as well as the administrative personnel, touched down in Buraydah on Tuesday morning and will be conducting their training at the Al Taawun stadium.#الدحيل في بريدة 📸 pic.twitter.com/hRuw6tFq1p— نادي الدحيل ALDUHAIL (@DuhailSC) April 5, 2022 The Kenyan will be gunning for a second top scorer gong in the competition in a row after winning the award in the last edition, scoring nine goals in the run to the award despite Duhails elimination at the group stage.As a result of his scoring heroics, he earned himself a place in the AFC Champions League team of the season.Duhail have been under the tutelage of their new Argentine coach Hernan Crespo following the departure of Luis Castro at the end of the recently concluded season.📃 | قائمة #الدحيل المغادرة إلى بريدة لخوض منافسات دور المجموعات لدوري أبطال آسيا 2022.#قطر#ACL2022 pic.twitter.com/D0wAtGp6J4— نادي الدحيل ALDUHAIL (@DuhailSC) April 4, 2022 All group stage matches in the competition will be played in Saudi Arabia but in different cities, with Al Duhail playing their matches in Buraidah where all Group D matches will be staged.The Kenyan’s goals in the last campaign were spread across all six matches in Group C, including a hattrick and a brace both against Iran’s Esteghlal Tehran in the back-to-back matches in April.
