10-man Al Nassr is eliminated in the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League by Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates at the King Saud Stadium on March 12, 2024.
Al Nassr started the match in the first leg with an Ain Soufiane Rahimi goal and he would have expected a better start tonight too. AL Ain scored two goals in the first half in the 28th and 45th minutes, thanks again to Rahimi. The first came when Matias Palacios played Rahimi on the left flank. The batter moved away and ended up on the right side of the floor. Initially, the referee called offside but VAR intervened and awarded the goal. The second goal came when Rahimi caught the ball outside the box on the left and caught the keeper as he quickly turned to the left side.
Al Ain could have had a three-goal lead before half-time, but Al Nassr pulled one back before the whistle. In the fifth minute of added time, Marcelo Brozovic headed Sadio Mané’s cross on the counter as the winger appeared on the left. The keeper made a quick decision and got behind the ball, leaving his goal blank as Mane rounded the keeper and passed it to Abdulrahman Ghareeb inside the area. that’s who finished in the empty net.
Al Nassr came into the second half with all guns blazing as they piled up the lead and got into a good scoring position.
In the 47th minute, Otavia made a mistake when he managed to get into the box and a defender went down on his neck, but he took too long to run and steal the ball, in front of the goal. purpose. Otavio redeemed himself in the 51st minute with a goal to his name. The Portuguese player received the ball from Mané deep on the left side instead of passing it, the player threw it with great force towards the goalkeeper, the ball bounced off the keeper’s lap and into the net.
