Cristiano Ronaldo was not included in the al-Nassr 0-0 with Persepolis at the Iranian National Stadium in the height of the League of their Campaign of the AFC Champions League campaign.
The Saudi Pro League Club shared a stall to the Persian Bay League in the Azada sports complex in Tehran, which has a capacity of more than 78,000.
Croatian International and former Inter Milan midfielder Marcelo Brozovic, was among the high profiles players who started on the al-Nass side that also missed the names of stars like New Forward Jhon Duran.
The double African football player of the year planting the flaw remained unused replacement, and the Spanish defender Aymeric Laporte came down from a bench as part of visitors about 2,000 miles for visitors.
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– ALNASSR FC (@alnassrfc_en) 17. February 2025
Cristiano Ronaldo: Why didn’t he play VS Persepolis?
Al-Nassr rested players because they had Already qualified For the 16th round, giving their captain’s vacation after playing 76 minutes on Thursday in their Saudi Pro 3-2 victory in Al-Ahli on Thursday.
Ronald’s official YouTube channelwhich has almost 74 million subscribers, broadcast the finals of Prime Minister Riyadh, while Alsr played.
“Join Cristiano Ronaldo in this incredible event, after his new passion,” said the description of the stream, promising the commentary of the five -time Balloon D’Or winners an increasingly popular racketeering sport that is played on a smaller terrain than tennis.
The organizers called the “historic world moment” and “unique collaboration for raising and promoting a Padel player globally”.
Ronaldo Champions League statistics
Ronaldo has six goals in this season’s AFC Champions League, as the 40-year-old tries to add his solitary trophy since he joined Al-Nassra in early 2023, winning the Cup of Champion of the Arab Club that year.
Four of these goals have arrived in his last three appearances in the competition, achieving twice each of the Qatar opponents of Al-Gharafe on November 25 and at home at Emirates Team al-Wasl 3 February.
Al-Nassr will finish in third place and play a team that came to sixth in the 16th round in his table in the West region and the first legs scheduled between 3-5. March and return games next week.
In the quarterfinals, they were in the quarterfinals last season in Ronald’s first competition experience.
He won 2007/08 Champions League In Europe with Manchester United and repeated the feat four times between 2014 and 2018 with Real Madrid.
Al-Ahli and the Kings of Saudi champions al-Hilal compete for the first place in the Al-Nassr group and have one game each.
Al-Nassr hosted by Al-Eettifaq on Friday (17:00 GMT) in his home-notch flight. They are third, eight points behind Al-Ittihad leaders.
