Qualify Al Ain Club The UAE advanced to the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League at the expense of Saudi Arabia’s Al-Nassr, after deciding the second leg of the quarter-final match that brought them together on Monday evening at Al Awal Park Stadium with a score of 3-1 on penalties, after the end of regular and extra time with Al-Nasr winning 4-3 at the time the first leg ended. With Al Ain winning 1-0, the two teams went to penalty kicks after the two matches were tied 4-4 on aggregate.
Al-Ain qualifies to face the winner of the Saudi giants, Al-Hilal, against Al-Ittihad, which will be held on Tuesday evening.
Victory against Al Ain
The first half ended with Al Ain leading by two goals to one. Al Ain’s two goals were scored by Moroccan Sofiane Rahimi in the 28th and 45th minutes, before Al Nassr striker Abdel Rahman Gharib scored the adjustment goal..
Al-Nasr team relied on direct pressure while intensifying attacks on Al-Ain’s goal. On the other hand, Al-Ain relied on counterattacks, which resulted in two goals scored by Sufyan Rahimi. Moments before the final, Al-Nasr striker Abdel-Rahman Gharib scored the adjustment goal after following up on Sadio Mane’s ball, ending the half with Al-Ain leading by two goals. Against a goal.
The second half began with great pressure from the Saudi Al-Nasr team, hoping to return to the match, which was actually achieved quickly in the 50th minute when Otavio, the Al-Nasr player, shot a powerful cross that hit the Al-Ain goalkeeper and entered the goal, declaring the two teams tied 2/2, and by the 72nd minute the match was heating up with the Brazilian scoring. Telles, Al-Nasr defender, scored the third goal for his team, making the score 3/2 in the return match only, and a 3/3 tie in the aggregate of the two matches, and each team needs one goal in order to officially qualify, and in extra time each team scores a goal through Sultan Al Shamsi for Al Ain in the 103rd minute. Cristiano Ronaldo scored a penalty kick in the 117th minute, ending the match with Al-Nasr winning 4-3.
Al-Nasr started the match with a formation as follows :
Goalkeeper: Raghed Al-Najjar
Defense: Muhammad Al-Fateel – Ali Lagami – Abdul-Ilah Al-Omari – Alex Telles
Midfield: Abdullah Al-Khaibari – Otavio – Marcelo Brozovic
Attack: Abdel Rahman Gharib – Sadio Mane – Cristiano Ronaldo
The eye formation is as follows :
Goalkeeper: Khaled Issa.
Defense: Bandar Al-Ahbabi – Khaled Al-Hashemi – Kwame Otton – Eric Jorgens.
Midfield: Park Young Woo – Mohamed Abbas – Yahya Nader – Matias Palacios – Alejandro Romero.
Attack: Sofiane Rahimi.
Al Ain of the Emirates defeated Al Nasr of Saudi Arabia with an unanswered goal, scored by Moroccan Sofiane Rahimi in the 44th minute of the first half in the first leg at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium.
Summary of the match between Al-Nasr and Al-Ain
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