The Al Nassr of Cristiano Ronaldo They will need to overcome a one-goal deficit if they want to reach the semifinals of the Asian Champions League, after losing 1-0 to Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates in the first leg of the quarterfinals on Monday.
A defeat which the Portuguese striker managed to avoid with ten minutes remaining with a powerful shot from just inside the area a sensational save by local goalkeeper Khalid Eisa preventing it from ending in a goal.
CR7, eclipsed
Chance that didn’t stop Cristiano Ronaldo, who had to listen to how from the stands Emirati fans chanted the name of Argentine Lionel Messi, are overshadowed by those great performance by Al-Ain’s Moroccan attacker, Soufiane Rahimi.
Laporte was fired
The Moroccan international has been at all times headache for the defense of Saudi Al Nassr, where he once again acted as a starter Spain’s central defender Aymeric LaporteFinished expelled after seeing the red card in 94 minutes.
In fact, in the twenty-eighth minute Rahimi served an accurate ball for Paraguayan Alejandro Romero ‘Kaku’ signs 1-0 for Al-Ain.
A goal that never got on the scoreboard When the match referee verified the video images the Moroccan player was in an illegal position at the start of the action.
Rahimi sentences
Nothing could prevent, however, that sixteen minutes later, in the 44th, Rahimi signed to make it 1-0 by solving with quality in the area of a sensational filtered pass from Paraguayan Kaku.
So he was about to answer a few seconds later Cristiano Ronaldo, who returned to the starting eleven after serving the suspension match where he was punished for responding with “immoral” gestures to Messi’s shouts, Messi in a match in the Saudi League, with a shot blocked by goalkeeper Eisa.
Eisa stopped Cristiano
Al Nassr would not trouble the local goal again until the last minute of the second half, when Cristiano Ronaldo collided with the goalkeeper again of Al Ain Khalid Eisa.
In contrast to the Emirati team, which was able to extend its advantage in the 71st minute with Soufiane Rahimi’s action that ended with a goal, although He did not go up on the scoreboard because of the Moroccan attacker’s offside.
An event that did not prevent Al-Ain from achieving victory (1-0) that will force Cristiano Ronaldo and his team to return to the rematch that will be played next Monday, March 11, at Al Awwal Park in Riyadh.
Source: La Verdad
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