Cristiano Ronaldo He has been characterized by scoring goals of all shapes and styles throughout his career, but this Monday The Portuguese star was the protagonist of an incredible mistake in a match that his team, Al-Nassr, ended up losing in the penalty shootout against Al-Ain (1-3) so they said goodbye to the Asian Champions League.
Al-Nassr was obliged to achieve a victory to stay alive in the Asian Champions League after having lost by the minimum (1-0) in the first leg of the quarterfinals against the team from the United Arab Emirates. And this Monday, although things did not start as expected, they ended up fighting until the end.
Although CR7 scored the goal in extra time that forced the penalty shootout, he had an unthinkable mistake for him when his team was down on the scoreboard. The Portuguese star found himself with a rebound inside the six-yard box and his shot, into an empty goal, went wide. The former Real Madrid couldn’t believe it, and the mistake ended up being a warning of what was coming.
Soufiane Rahimi, who had scored the only goal in the first duel of the series, scored again and this time twice. The Moroccan striker was present on the scoreboard in the 28th and 45th minutes. However, a discount by Abdulrahman Ghareeb in the fifth minute of added time gave hope of a comeback.
In the second half, an own goal from Khalid Eisa (m.51) and a goal from Alex Telles (m.72) forced extra time and fueled the hope of completing a comeback, leaving behind the memory of the resounding failure of Cristiano Ronaldo, who a little later dressed as a hero to force the match to be defined from twelve steps.
In the first half of extra time Sultan Al Shamsi once again put Al-Ain ahead on the scoreboard, but the Portuguese converted a maximum penalty into a goal that forced the penalty shoot-out, where the Portuguese was the only one from Al-Nassr in convert your charge. Marcelo Brozovic, Alex Telles and Otavio failed and the Saudi Arabian team said goodbye to the competition.
With this elimination, Cristiano Ronaldo and Al-Nassr say goodbye to the big competition to which they aspired this season after seeing their options reduced in the Saudi Pro League where they are in second position, well away from Al-Hilal, which does not give ground at the top. of the classification. The difference between the two is 12 points after 23 games played.
In this way, in the absence of a resounding fall for Al-Hilal in the local championship, CR7 is once again in debt to win an important title with Al-Nassr, which he joined in 2022 and where he has achieved a second wind in his career after some unsuccessful steps with Juventus in Italy and Manchester United in England.
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