The second leg of the quarter-finals Champions League from Asia between Al Nassr AND Al-Ain In Saudi Arabia. The first leg was 1-0 in favor of the team Hernan Crespo and they won the return match 3 to 1 on penalties after 130 minutes where the result was 4 to 3 for Cristiano Ronaldo’s team.
The dream of becoming Asian champion began to fade the bug when in minute 28 of the first half found a pass filtered behind the defenders Soufiane Rahimi hand in hand with the goalkeeper and slipped the ball between his legs to put it in 1 to 0 in favor of those of Curly.
At the end of the first half again Rahimi He received a pass, found space and hit a right-footed shot to the near post to scream for the second time in the match and score the goal overall 3 to 0 in favor of those of Valdanito.
In aggregate time, an error of Al-Ain he was an archer Khalid Eisa he had to move away from his area to save himself Sadio Mane. The former Liverpool man took a weak shot towards the empty net which found his teammate Abdulrahman Ghareeb and sends the ball into the back of the net to revive the team’s enthusiasm. CR7 From go to the semi-finals.
In the second half the team Ronaldo He came out with a different mentality and tried to put the team on the field Curly and he understood it. An overflow of Otavio He was free to place a central defender on the right. The goalkeeper tried to intercept him, but the cross was so strong that he went into the goal to make it 2-2. 3 to 2 overall.
Al Nassr continued to dominate the game and 15 in the second half, the Insect An unusual goal was missed, a complicated volley from Eisa which left a short rebound for Ronaldo, but the speed of the action meant that throw out.
IS THIS THE MISTAKE OF CRISTIANO RONALDO’S CAREER?? El Bicho had the chance with the goalkeeper defeated and less than two meters from the GOAL… But he kicked it out! It was 3-3 against Al Ain!
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Madness would break out Saudi Arabia at 27 minutes with a goal from a free kick by Alex Telles in the right corner of the penalty area. The ball he caught I fly at medium altitude He passed between all the players and approached the goalkeeper to put in the net. 3 to 3 overall.
With the series tied, the game went into overtime and seven minutes into the first 15 minutes, Al Nassr there was one less left when Ayman Yahya He trampled the captain of Crespo’s team with both feet, Bandar Al Ahbabi. The play will be reviewed by VAR and the final decision it would be expulsion.
BRUTAL KICK FROM AYMAN AND AL NASSR IS LEFT WITH ONE LESS IN THE FURTHER TIMES!!
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The scoreboards would interrupt 11 minutes of overtime. Raghed Al-Najjarthe Al Nassr goalkeeper couldn’t control a cross from the right, the ball hit crossbar and the rebound would be left to chance Sultan Al Shamsi and I would put 3 to 3, 4 to 3 overall in favor of Crespo’s team.
At the start of the second extra period, the team Commander had a counterattack which left the Portuguese one-on-one with the goalkeeper. Cristiano looked for the strong finish which hit the archer’s body and thus prevented the draw overall.
Three minutes from the end of extra time, they received a sanction to Cristiano Ronaldo who changed it for a goal. The Portuguese hits the center, Eisa throws himself to his right and put the result 4 to 3 in favor of Ronaldo’s men, but 4 to 4 overall.
THE BUG HAS RESPECTED!! Cristiano Ronaldo converted his penalty and made it 1-2 for Al Nassr against Al Ain in the penalty shootout.
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Already in the penalty shoot-out, Eisa’s luck and skill would have favored Crespo. Marcelo Brozović, Telles AND Otavio They would be wrong for the Saudi team, the only one to convert the penalty was Cristiano Ronaldo. Rahimithe Argentine Alejandro Kaku Romero Gamarra AND Al Shamsi They would convert for the visit.
Otavio sends his penalty skyrocketing and Crespo’s Al Ain are SEMI-FINALISTS in the Asian Champions League.
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After an electrifying match, Al-Ain by Hernán Crespo classified the Semi-final of the Asian Champions League and will face the winner of the crossroads Al Hilal against Al-Ittihad They will play tomorrow at 4pm.
Source: Clarin
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