TOKYO (Reuters) - When Al Hilal last year became the first club from Saudi Arabia to win the Asian Champions League since 2005, they not only ended their nation's 14-year title drought, they reignited their rivalry with cross-Riyadh rivals Al Nassr.
As the latest edition of Asia's premier club competition kicks off on Monday, amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus in China and elsewhere in the continent's east, teams in the west go into the group phase with a renewed sense of optimism following Al Hilal's resounding win a little more than two months ago.
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