More from day 1

The calm before the storm. An empty Olympic Stadium 2 hours before kick-off.

Just to give you a flavour of day 1 of the AFC President's Cup matches at the Olympic Stadium, here are a few photographs over the next two posts.

A roadside banner sitting outside the stadium

The Neftchi team applaud the crowd before their game begins

The Abahani Limited FC (Bangladesh) line-up for their 1st game. They lost 2-0.

The match commentators, Hor Ngait and Khim Vuthy and cameraman get in on the celebratory mood wearing their Crown colours

The Abahani coach Ali Akbar was more concerned about a 1 minute water-break by the referee than the 2-0 defeat

Neftchi coach Alexander Krestinin with his translator at the post-match press conference

Don Bosco's former national team coach Sampath Perera muses on his team's 3-0 reverse against Crown