Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, the Saudi Al-Nasr player, missed the strangest opportunity in a match Victory against Al Ain After he followed the rebound from the Al Ain goalkeeper, but strangely placed it next to the post, the score remained 2/2 between the two teams.
🤯 What did you waste, Ronaldo?!!#AFC_Champions_League | #Al-Nasr_Al-Ain #AFCChampionsLeague pic.twitter.com/VPHeoF6XAj
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Victory against Al Ain
The first half ended with Al Ain leading by two goals to one. Al Ain’s two goals were scored by Moroccan Sofiane Rahimi in the 28th and 45th minutes, before Al Nassr striker Abdel Rahman Gharib scored the adjustment goal..
Al-Nasr team relied on direct pressure while intensifying attacks on Al-Ain’s goal. On the other hand, Al-Ain relied on counter-attacks that resulted in two goals scored by Sufyan Rahimi. Moments before the final, Al-Nasr striker Abdel-Rahman Gharib scored the adjustment goal after following up on Sadio Mane’s ball, ending the half with Al-Ain leading by two goals. Against a goal.
Sufyan Rahimi opened the scoring for Al Ain with a goal confirmed by VAR#AFC_Champions_League | #Al-Nasr_Al-Ain #AFCChampionsLeague pic.twitter.com/q2YbLeajue
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⚽️🔥 Sufyan Rahimi scores the second goal for himself and his team Al Ain#AFC_Champions_League | #Al-Nasr_Al-Ain #AFCChampionsLeague pic.twitter.com/3Ce9wjzNpo
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🔥⚽️ Al-Nasr reduces the difference through Abdul Rahman Gharib
✍️ Who do you think bears responsibility for the goal?#AFC_Champions_League | #Al-Nasr_Al-Ain #AFCChampionsLeague pic.twitter.com/wYsdu4HbHe
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The second half began with great pressure from the Saudi Al-Nasr team, hoping to return to the match, which was achieved quickly in the 50th minute when Otavio, the Al-Nasr player, shot a powerful cross that hit the Al-Ain goalkeeper and entered the goal, declaring the two teams tied 2/2.
⚽️🔥 Victory ignites the match and adjusts the result#AFC_Champions_League | #Al-Nasr_Al-Ain #AFCChampionsLeague pic.twitter.com/4q6h6PStbQ
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Al-Nasr started the match with a formation as follows
Goalkeeper: Raghed Al-Najjar
Defense: Muhammad Al-Fateel – Ali Lagami – Abdul-Ilah Al-Omari – Alex Telles
Midfield: Abdullah Al-Khaibari – Otavio – Marcelo Brozovic
Attack: Abdel Rahman Gharib – Sadio Mane – Cristiano Ronaldo
The eye formation is as follows
Goalkeeper: Khaled Issa.
Defense: Bandar Al-Ahbabi – Khaled Al-Hashimi – Kwame Otton – Eric Jorgens.
Midfield: Park Young Woo – Mohamed Abbas – Yahya Nader – Matias Palacios – Alejandro Romero.
Attack: Sofiane Rahimi.
Al Ain of the Emirates defeated Al Nasr of Saudi Arabia with an unanswered goal, scored by Moroccan Sofiane Rahimi in the 44th minute of the first half in the first leg at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium.