Fans of Sepahan light flares and smoke in the stands after their AFC Champions League group stage soccer match against Al-Ittihad was cancelled, in Isfahan, Iran, 02 October 2023. The match of Iranian side Sepahan against Saudi side Al-Ittihad was “cancelled due to unanticipated and unforeseen circumstances”, an AFC statement reads, after Ittihad players refused to play. (Photo by Peyman Shahsanaei/EPA/EFE)
