In a very emotional game, Cristiano Ronaldo’s Saudi Al Nassr tied 3-3 against To Ain FC of the Arab Emirates led by Argentine Hernán Crespo and was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League 2023/2024. In the first leg, the Emirati team had won 1-0. The most important Asian tournament can be see by Star+.
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The match played at the Al Awal Park stadium It was spectacular and had everything: goals, penalties, expulsions, errors, successes and a performance by CR7 that had tears and emotion.
Soufiane Rahimi scored the first two goals of the match for Al-Ain, which thus took a three-goal lead on the aggregate scoreboard. Abdulrahman Ghareeb’s discount in the 50th minute of the first half was essential for Al-Nassr to go into the match with expectations.
In the second half the emotions became even more powerful. Al-Nassr turned it around with goals from Khalid Eisa and Alex Telles. When the game was 2-2, Cristiano missed an incredible goal.
The match went to extra time and Sultan Al-Shamsi scored 3-3 that qualified Al-Ain at 12 minutes into the first period of extra time after a very rude error by goalkeeper Raghid Al-Najjar.
When it seemed doomed, Cristiano took revenge and converted the final 4-3 from a penalty.
In the penalty shootout, Al-Ain scored all three of his shots, while Marcelo Brozovic, Telles and Otávio missed.
Crespo’s team now waits for the winner of the clash between Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad.