Cristiano Ronaldo did not make a circular journey of about 2200 miles, as Al-Nassr held Esteghlal at the Iranian national stadium in the first part of their King’s AFC Champions League of 16 cows.
Five -time winner Ballon d’Or Ronaldo He shared a message of support to his team on his Instagram account-the most valuable on the platform-sazama before starting, telling them, “Let’s go.”
Al-Nassr was closest during the end of the first half at Azadi 78.116 Stadium, where Ramin Rezaeian shone brilliantly with Ayman Yahy’s head from the line after Iran’s goalkeeper Hossein Hosseini held the shooting of Jhon Duran’s legs.
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Duran – January signature of £ 65m pounds from Aston Villa – sent a low end against fasting, and twice the Hosseini shot was shot while the Colombian striker left the third game without a goal for his new club.
The second leg will be held in Riyadh on March 10 (18:00 GMT).
Why didn’t Ronaldo play for Al Nasr in Iran?
Al-Nassr wrote to the organizers asking to play “on the neutral ground” because of “Ronald’s bad experience in Tehran”, according to the DPA news agency Mailonline.
The police, as reported, had to disassemble the crowds that the Mobile Hotel Al Nasr when they visited Tehran Club Persepolis in September 2023.
Ronaldo was not included when Al-Nassr drew 0-0 at Azadi Stadium against Persepolis, who also used the country on February 17, although his side had already qualified the last 16.
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Portuguese captain Official YouTube channelwhich has nearly 74 million subscribers, the finals of the Prime Minister Riyadh has been streaming during that game.
The double African footballer of the year Mane was an unused replacement in Persepolis, not the match team for Al-Nassr’s 2-1 Saudi Pro-League defeat on Friday in Al-Ooboh.
Esteghlal vs al-Nassr
Al-Nassr manager Stefano Pioli has made four changes, bringing planting flaws for Ronald, full Bek Nawaf Boushal for Majeda Qashish and wings Awad Al-Hassan and Ayman Yahya for Abdulmajeed al-Sulayhem and Wesley Teixeira.
The hosts set up a defense of five people and had 29% of the first half possession, but the newly arrived Iranian national team player Mohammad Reza Azadi tested AL-NASSR goalkeeper Bento with an angle drive.
Esteghlal had the first chance for the second half when Armin Sohrabian embarked on space, marking a bright restart after Kirgize striker Joel Kojo entered Azada at halftime.
Soon afterwards created the service provider to produce a golden opportunity, finding a cutaian in front of a goal with a search cross on the left that his fellow wing could only nod at the wrong side of the post.
Esteghlal: which threatens the winner
Al-Nassr beat Esteghlal 1-0 through former Manchester City defender Aymeric Laporte in Dubai during the group stage 22.
The new management of the former chief of the Red Star Miodrag Bozovic, Esteghlal won the AFC Champions League in 1970 and 1991.
The oldest professional team in Tehran nine won the Persian Gulf Pro League, but is currently the ninth of 16 clubs in division after winning only six of its first 21 league matches in the season.
Losing on Thursday from Persepolis, Esteghlal was more than held against Al-Nass and approached the winner late when he started closely wide.
Cristiano Ronaldo goals
Ronaldo has run once in the last four league games, but he is still the top scorer in the Saudi Pro League with 17 goals, followed by Al-Ittihad’s Karim Benzema 16.
The 40-year-old collected the league award a week before Al-Nassr played in Al Orobah on Friday, but the evening ended in misery for all the time of the best scorer Real Madrid, because the fourth-ranked al-Nassr ninth time in 23 league matches this season, including the terrifying Ronaldo, when it was 1-1.
With the remaining 11 League Games of the campaign, Al-Nassr lags behind the leaders of Al-Ittihad, four shy runner-up ruling al-Hilal champions and three third-placed al-Qadsiah.
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, in the quarterfinals last season in Ronald’s first experience of competition in the quarterfinals in the quarterfinals in the quarterfinals, released penalties.
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-Nassr hosted a six-ranked al-Shabab on Friday (at 7 pm) in his domestic top flight.
