Cristiano Ronaldo and the Al Nassr they have decided to refuse to travel to Tehran to play the match Asian Champions before him Esteghlal FC which will be held on October 22, resulting from the tension that exists between Israel, Iran and Lebanon. The Arab team has sent a petition to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to play the match in a neutral country.
The box of Riad has sent this request for the safety of its players, arguing that it is a risk and requesting to play on neutral ground. It should be noted that in 2023 the clubs from these countries had to look for other venues to play their matches in the Asian Championsand with this request it seems viable to play in a neutral country.
“We are monitoring the situation and we will work on it in the coming days to move the match to a neutral ground,” reported Al Riyadiya, a medium very close to the team. CR7.
Why did Al Nassr make the request?
The Asian Champions has been affected, and this was the case of the Iranian teams last season that had to be forced to play neutral countries, however, an image that was seen in Israel in a match of the Sepahan of the Champions where missiles were seen in the sky, generated that Al Nassr feared a possible tragedy.
The missiles in the image were emitted by Iran, and generated impressions outside of football:
“I never imagined that a football match would be played under such circumstances. “It was crazy,” said the coach. Sepahan.
This image is tremendous. The Iranian missiles that are being launched at Israel in the background of the Sepahan match for the Asian Champions, which is being played as if nothing had happened. pic.twitter.com/ciN9xxbDBO
— Nahuel Lanzón (@nahuelzn) October 1, 2024
What is happening in Iran?
The war between Iran y Gaza It has been experiencing friction for some decades, which has generated critical points. Although it is a constant, recent weeks have reported an increase in victims. In the last week the deaths have been around 85 per day.
The set of Cristiano Ronaldo will seek to agree with Esteghlal FC to define an alternate venue in the coming days, where the match is expected to take place in a country far from the conflict zone. Both teams have not yet officially commented on the matter.
