The Asian Champions League resumed this Monday, October 2 with the second day of the group stages. In group E, Al Nassr hosted the Tajikistan club: FK Istiqlol Dushanbe at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh. Against the Tajik club, Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates confirmed their good form by beating the visitors with a score of 3-1.
Ten days after their success in Persepolis in Iran, Luis Castro’s protégés had to continue their serial success. What was done. But it was not without difficulty. After giving a cold sweat to the men of Luis Castro (Al Nassr coach), the Reds of Istiqlol will open the scoring just before the break. Ivorian striker Senin Sebai will take advantage of a blunder by Al Nassr yellow goalkeeper Nawaf Al-Aqidi to give his team the advantage. 1-0 at the break.
Coming back from the break, Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates will struggle before coming back to score. Always in the right place at the right time, a symbolic Cristiano Ronaldo (66′, 1-1), will equalize for the Saudi club, scoring his first goal in the Asian Champions League on an error by the Istiqlol defense.
Morale strengthened after this equalization, Al Nassr will hand it over to Anderson Talisca who scores a double. The Brazilian (72′,77′) therefore allows the locals to confirm their victory for this second day of the Asian Champions League. Final score: 3-1 for Al Nassr who leads group E with 6 points.
Undefeated at the start of the season in all competitions, FK Istiqlol Dushanbe coached by the Tajik-Russian Igor Guennadievich Tcherevchenko has just suffered its first defeat of the season.
2023-10-02 23:27:32
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