Neymar would probably have imagined his debut in the AFC Champions League differently.
The Brazilian cannot get past a 1-1 draw against Navbahor Namangan from Uzbekistan on the first matchday with Al-Hilal.
Although the club from the Saudi Pro League has stars like Malcolm, Aleksandar Mitrovic and Ruben Neves in the starting line-up alongside Neymar, the underdog takes a 1-0 lead shortly after the break.
For comparison: Navbahor is assigned a market value of around ten million euros on “transfermark.at”. At around 258 million euros, Al-Hilal has 25 times that amount.
However, coach Jorge Jesus’ star squad only managed to equalize 1-1 in the tenth minute of added time and at least saved a point in front of their home crowd.
These stars moved to Saudi Arabia in the summer of 2023
2023-09-18 21:11:45
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