Argentine footballer Ever Banega was the star of the Al-Shabab’s move to the quarterfinals of the Asian Champions Leagueafter beating Uzbek Nasaf Qarshi 2-0 with one of his goals.
Thus, the Saudi Arabian team qualified at the Al Janoub World Cup stadium in Al-Wakrah, Qatar.
Banega, who played for the Argentina national team at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, scored the second goal for his side, who took the lead in the first half with a goal from Husain Al-Qahtani.
In the Saudi league, Al-Shabab leads with 40 points, alongside Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr and Al Ittihad, the latter two with one game left.
Al-Shabab will face each other the quarterfinals to the winner of the match between Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia and Al-Ahli Dubai of the United Arab Emirates, which will be played next Monday.
Al-Hilal is directed by Argentinian Ramón Díaz and is a recent finalist in the Club World Cup, where he lost the final to Real Madrid after leave out Flamengo in the semifinals.
For the other quarterfinals it will be Al-Duhail from Qatar, with the winner of Al-Faisaly saidi and Foolad, from Iran. Meanwhile, the Urawa Red Diamonds from Japan are already looking forward to the final.
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After the debut with the defeat of the Argentine national team at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where they would finally become champions, against Saudi Arabia 2-1, Ever Banega was “assaulted” by his Arab companions, who did not hesitate to show everything their happiness at the historic victory.
In fact, a video in which they sang and looked for the former Sevilla player went viral charge it for the triumph of Arabia.
“After the victory of our Los Leones falcons Commander Banega is surprised”, was how Al-Shabab shared the video on Twitter.
However, despite the new defeat, Banega did not take the situation badly and Serious, showing that he is not angry about the joke that was played on him. Also, after ended up celebrating the third World Cup.
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Source: Clarin
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