Sri Lankan Dilan Perera to Officiate Pakhtakor, Shahr Khodro Match
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Hettikamkanamge Dilan Perera from Sri Lanka has been chosen to officiate the match between Pakhtakor of Uzbekistan and Iran’s Shahr Khodro in the 2020 AFC Champions League.
The Iranian team is scheduled to meet Pakhtakor on Monday in Group B.
Shahr Khodro started the campaign with a 2-0 loss against title holders Al Hilal, while Pakhtakor defeated Shabab Al Ahli of the UAE 2-1.
Hettikamkanamge Dilan Perera, 40, is a Sri Lankan professional football referee.
He has been a full international for FIFA since 2004. Perera has refereed some matches in AFC Champions League.