Three games later, Al Nassr returned to winning ways this Tuesday and defeated Al Ain, 5-1, in a game valid for the fourth round of the league stage of the Asian Champions League.
In Riyadh, the team captained by Cristiano Ronaldo, and which included Otávio in the starting eleven, opened the scoring after three minutes through ex-Benfica Talisca. At 31, Ronaldo took advantage of an incomplete defense by the opposing goalkeeper, with a long-range shot by Sadio Mané, to make it 2-0.
Still in the first half, former FC Porto Fábio Cardoso decided to give his rival a little help and put the ball into his own goal in the 37th minute. Bento didn’t want to fall behind the Portuguese defender and also scored an own goal in the 56th minute. Park Yong-Woo shot from outside the box, the ball hit the post and the back of the Al Nassr goalkeeper before going in.
Near the end of the match, and with the UAE team looking for a goal that would revive the discussion of the result for the last moments, it was up to Wesley to end the visitors’ hopes, with the score 4-1, after the 81st minute. the last goal came through another accurate shot by Talisca, at 90+4′.
All in all, Al Nassr achieved their third victory in the competition and rose to third place in the standings with ten points, two behind leader Al Hilal. Al Ain is last with just one point.
Starting teams
Al Nassr
The official team list for the match has arrived! 🤩
Good luck to our stars #Al-Nasr_Al-Ain | #AlNassrAlAin pic.twitter.com/0mw3qC6Mkl– Al-Nassr Saudi Club (@AlNassrFC) November 5, 2024
Al-Ain
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Preview
Al Nassr seeks to maintain, this Tuesday, the series without losing in the Asian Champions League, against Al-Ain, a competition in which they have two wins and a draw in three games.
The team captained by Cristian Ronaldo still seeks to resume the ‘wave’ of victories, following three consecutive games without knowing the taste of victory, the last of which was a draw with Al Hilal, with Jorge Jesus, Rúben Neves and João I cancel.
The club from the United Arab Emirates, where Porto player Fábio Cardoso is, returns to compete in Saudi Arabia after two defeats in the Asian Champions League, the last one against Al Hilal
The game’s kickoff is scheduled for 6pm (Mainland Portugal time), this Tuesday, and you can follow the match’s incidents live on Desporto ao Minuto.
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