Shabab Al-Ahli bowed out of the opening round of the AFC Champions League after losing 2/4 to Al-Nasr Al-Saudi at Al-Awal Park in the capital on Tuesday evening. , Al-Riya.
Al-Nasr advanced first through Taliska, “11”, then Shabaab Al-Ahli got two goals through Yahya Al-Ghazzani, “18 and 64”, then the Saudi team got three goals each through Sultan Al-Khanam, “ 88”, and Talisca, “90 + 5”. , and Brozovic “90 + 7”.
Shabab Al-Ahli were impressive in both halves of the game and despite a strong start to the win, it saw its own goal threatened four minutes later, with a Talisca shot firmly held by goalkeeper Majid Nasser.
But Taliska was able to reach the Dubai Knights’ net on the second occasion, capitalizing on a corner kick from Brozovic, and he rose in front of the defenders and deposited it with his header to the right of Majid Nasser.
Shabab Al-Ahli showed strong personality after the goal and rushed to attack, so its player Milivojevic hit a ground shot from outside the box which was caught by the winning goalkeeper.
The Emirati side then managed to equalize after a superb individual effort by Monez Tabour, who outwitted two Al-Nasr defenses and delivered a ball to teammate Yahya Al-Khazzani on the golden plate. into the web.
Shabab Al-Ahli were back to defending again amid several attempts by Cristiano Ronaldo, who called for a penalty kick more than once, but Chinese referee Mang Fu signaled play to restart each time.
At the start of the second half, Yahya Al-Qassani managed to elude Al-Nasr’s defense by eluding right-back Sultan Al-Khanam, and was alone in goal at the time to put the ball past goalkeeper Nawaf Al-Aqidi. He set out to meet him.
Al-Nasr tried to advance behind the goal and pressed with all his lines to equalize, and he almost reached his goal with a cross delivered by Konan at left back, deceiving goalkeeper Majid Nasser to fall behind him, but the left post was there and blocked the game “62”.
Two minutes before the end, Al-Nasr grabbed an equalizer through Sultan Al-Khanam, a ball that hit defender Walid Abbas on the head and Majeed Nasser’s efforts to counter it failed.
And Taliska denied Al-Nasser the winner in stoppage time, repeatedly exploiting gaps between the two hearts of the defense to head home Conan’s cross.
The Al-Ahli youngster’s decline continued, and it got the fourth goal through Brozovic from a shot that settled to the left of Majid Nasser.
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