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What’s the point of A-League finals if the champions can’t play in Asia? – The World Game
The winners of the A-League grand final will be robbed of a spot in the AFC Champions League from the end of next season.
The Asian Football Confederation has always regarded our finals series as the national knockout and it gave the grand final winners direct entry to the ACL on that basis.
Football Australia has now decreed that the grand final winners will not get the chance to pit their strength with Asia’s elite any more.
The startling revelation came after the FA announced that the winners of the soon-to-be-renamed FFA Cup will get a playoff spot in the following Champions League. Another half spot will go to…
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