He Al-Nassr of Cristiano Ronaldo He was eliminated very hard against the Al-Ain in the quarterfinals of the Champions Asian. His team managed to overcome not only the 1-0 deficit in the first leg, but also a match that really went against them before half-time (0-2), but not even for that reason did they manage to avoid elimination in the penalty shootout (1 -3). The Portuguese, who had an inexplicable failure into an empty goal throughout the 90 minutes, was the only one capable of scoring his shot from 11 meters.
A double of Rahimi It made it seem like Al-Nassr's defeat was inevitable, but three goals from the Saudis sent the game to extra time. Already in extra time, Al Shamsi He once again put the tie in favor of Al-Ain, but a goal by Cristiano from a penalty meant that the match was decided from 11 meters. Maximum penalty for Ronaldo, who was condemned for the mistakes of his teammates Brozovic, Alex Telles y Octavio and the success of his rival to advance to the semifinals.
The Riyadh team started with a 1-0 deficit after the first leg. They were looking to qualify for the semi-finals of the Asian Champions League, a title that has become the team's main aspiration. Al-Nassr, since they have in their ranks players of the stature of the Portuguese, but also with Brozovic, Mané, Otavio o Alex Telles.
They were, therefore, forced to come back if they wanted to continue in the fight to win the highest competition on the Asian continent, but things could not have started worse. Before their audience, they saw how Al-Ain Emirati led 0-2 in the first half. However, they tried to react in the injury time of the first half and achieved it with a goal from Ghareeb What was returned to them allowed them to continue having options to fight for classification.
The second half began and Eisa It was scored on its own, putting the tie on the scoreboard, although not in the tie. Was Such the one in charge of scoring the goal that forced extra time, although before Cristiano Ronaldo a clear action was wrong. A rebound from the goalkeeper left him with everything in front of him to score, but he sent it wide, even finishing just a meter away from the goal.
Cristiano falls in the Champions League
The match headed into extra time where the Emirates team would take the lead again. Al Shamsi put ahead again Al-Ain, Meanwhile he Al-Nassr He had been left minutes before with one less. But it appeared Cristiano to convert a penalty in the 118th minute, with two minutes remaining and send the game to the fateful shootout.
On penalties, the only Al-Nassr player who scored was the Portuguese. Brozovic y Such they failed, while Rahimi y Kaku They made it 0-2 for the Emirati team. Cristiano He converted his team's third shot to make it 1-2, but he didn't fail afterward either. Al Shamsi, while Octavio Yes, he made a mistake and left the team from the Saudi capital out of the Champions League.