Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates had their opening match of the Asian Champions League group stage against Persepolis.
Persepolis is the reigning Iranian Champion. This team is having good results in the domestic tournament, but appears small when placed next to Al Nassr.
The reigning runner-up of the Saudi Arabia National Championship showed destructive form with 5 consecutive victories with a large difference in score. Facing an opponent that is underrated in every aspect like Persepolis, it is not surprising that Ronaldo and his teammates are determined to win 3 points.
Having to play away at Persepolis, Al Nassr fielded the strongest possible squad. Ronaldo was given many opportunities but he appeared ungainly in this match.
However, he still helped by causing the opposing player to foul, thereby receiving a second yellow card and being dismissed.
It wasn’t until the 62nd minute that Al Nassr opened the scoring when Abdulrahman Ghareeb scored with a shot that Һit the opponent’s defender’s leg.
10 minutes later, it was Mohammed Qassem’s turn to double the gap for Al Nassr.
2-0 is also the final score of the match.
Overall, Al Nassr played more prominently in this match and deserved to win.
Al Nassr climbed to the top of Group E AFC Champions League after getting their first 3 points.
Result: Persepolis 0-2 Al Nassr
Scored: Ghareeb (62′), Qassem (72′)
Squad:
Persepolis (4-5-1): Beiranvand, Esmaeilifar, Kanaanizadegan, Pouraliganji, Nemati, Sadeghi, Amiri, Rigi, Sarlak, Torabi, Omri
Al Nassr (4-2-3-1): Alaqidi, Al-Ghannam, Al-Amri, Laporte, Qassem, Al-Khaibari, Brozovic, Mane, Otavio, Ghareeb, Ronaldo