With a goal from Cristiano Ronaldo, Al-Nassr won 0-1 against Al-Faiha and put their place on track to the Quarterfinals of the Asian Champions League ahead of the second leg of the Round of 16 to be played on February 21 and as a local.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s voracity has no limits and this Wednesday he celebrated a goal again and there are 31 this season. His success, the first he achieved in 2024, sealed an important victory for a team that has never won the competition and that faces a historic challenge: becoming the third Arab club, after Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad, to lift the trophy.
Cristiano Ronaldo needed 81 minutes to break the tie on the scoreboard at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium. He did not waste an assist from Marcelo Brozovic to score after lifting the ball over goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic and leaving his rival with few options for the second leg.
Al-Nassr signed a fair victory. He had almost all the clear opportunities to score and achieved a very beneficial result for their next match in the Asian Champions League, which will be played on February 21 at the Al-Awwal Park Stadium in Riyadh.
Only Cristiano Ronaldo scored, but Aymeric Laporte, Anderson Talisca, Otavio and CR7 himself could have sealed the tie if they had been successful in the opportunities they wasted throughout the 90 minutes.