El-Ainwhich Argentina trains Hernan Crespowon this Monday in the penalty shootout against the Al Nasr and left the League Asian champion to Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo after a fierce rivalry in the second leg of the quarterfinals where the Riyadh team won 4-3 after overcoming a 0-2 deficit and neutralizing the 1-0 first leg lead achieved by the Emirati team.
The Moroccan Soufiane Rahimiscorer of Al-Ain’s winning goal in the first leg, further putting Al-Ain on the ropes Al Nasr with a goal in the 28th minute, after a pass from the Paraguayan Alejandro Romero ‘Kaku’which took advantage of the Raid team’s advanced defense.
And again Rahimithe tournament’s leading scorer, dealt another blow that seemed to kill the Portuguese team Luis Castro in the first minute of the extension of the first action against an ineffective local defense in KSU Stadium. The overall tie is now 0-3.
He Al Nasr saw some light in the fifth minute of added time, when Abdulrahman Ghareeb he scored with pleasure and passed Sadio Mane after a crazy exit from the goal Khalid Eisa chasing the Senegalese around the area.
Luis Castro’s men made sure of the tie in the 52nd minute thanks to an own goal by goalkeeper Khalid Eisa after Portuguese Otávio’s attempted cross from the right.
He Al Nasr began to believe in the return and in the 73rd minute, after local chances, some of them from Cristiano Ronaldothe Brazilian ex-Sevilla player Alex Telles He equalized with a direct free kick without looking too dangerous, but was not neutralized by the Al Ain defence. The game went to extra time.
Extra time started with another setback for Al Nassr. Ayman Yahya was sent off for a harsh tackle on Al Abdullah Khaibari. The local player initially saw the yellow card, but the referee reviewed the game on VAR and replaced it with a straight red card.
Al Ain took advantage of their numerical superiority and in the 103rd minute Sultan Al Shamsi’s goal came to make it 3-3, but with extra time left Cristiano Ronaldo scored a penalty which Juma took himself Hassan to score 4-3 and send the duel to throws from eleven meters.
Only on penalties did Cristiano score his shot. Croatian Marcelo Brozovic, Telles and Otávio failed. For Al-Ain, Rahimi, Kaku and Al Shamsi got three shots which was enough.
Al-Ain, champions of the tournament in 2003, will play in the semifinals against the winner of the match between Saudi teams Al-Ittihad and Al-Hilal, which will be settled this Tuesday with a 2-0 advantage for second.
Source: La Verdad
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