A Japanese Referees Team
The Asian Football Federation (AFC) has already tasked a Japanese referees team to run Al Ain’s match in the final round of the group stage of the AFC Champions League 2018. The match referee will be Kimura Hirauki assisted by linesmen Yaghi Akin, first assistant, and Karakami Sutoshi, second assistant, and Araki Yasuki, fourth official.
Additionally, the AFC tasked Malaysia’s Gisin Jananaas as the Match Commissioner, Kuwait’s Hussein Ghandafari, Referees Observer, Maldives’ Ismail Nafin, Security Official, Pakistan’s Khalid Latif, League Committee Official, Singapore’s Mohamed Zubair, League Committee Official, Hong Kong’s I.B. Kun, League Committee Official, and the South Korea’s Lee Seongham, Media Coordinator.
