AFC Champions League Elite

FT Tuesday, September 19, 2023
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PRS Persepolis WLWWL 0
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Azadi Stadium

Match Report

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Al Nassr win Asian Champions League opener over Persepolis

Cristiano Ronaldo and Al-Nassr made their numerical advantage count against 10-man Persepolis as the Saudi Pro League side kicked off their Asian Champions League campaign with a 2-0 win.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
5
5
Corner Kicks
1
0
Saves
4
58.3
Possession
41.7
10
SHOTS
2
5
ON GOAL
0
0.5
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
463
Accurate Passes
309
537
Passes
389
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
1
22
Crosses
7
0.2
Cross %
0.1
77
Long Balls
70
50
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
1
3
Effective Tackles
14
8
Tackles
18
0.4
Tackle %
0.8
7
Interceptions
13
9
Effective Clearances
23
9
Clearances
23

Head to Head

PRS leads series 1-0

Lineups

PRS · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Alireza BeiranvandG
  2. 8Morteza PouraliganjiCD-L
  3. 6Hossein KananiCD-R
  4. 10Milad SarlakDM
  5. 4Ali NematiLB
  6. 11Daniel EsmaeilifarRB
  7. 19Vahid AmiriCM-L
  8. 5Masoud RigiCM-R
  9. 9Mehdi TorabiLM
  10. 21Saeid SadeghiRM
  11. 77Mohammad OmariF

NSR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 44Nawaf Al-AqidiG
  2. 27Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 5Abdulelah Al-AmriCD-R
  4. 24Mohammed QasemLB
  5. 2Sultan Al-GhannamRB
  6. 25OtávioAM
  7. 77Marcelo BrozovicLM
  8. 17Abdullah Al-KhaibariRM
  9. 7Cristiano RonaldoF
  10. 29Abdulrahman GhareebAM-L
  11. 10Sadio ManéAM-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Substitution, Persepolis FC. Shahab Zahedi replaces Mehdi Torabi because of an injury.
  2. 18' Milad Sarlak (Persepolis FC) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  3. 45'+2' Marcelo Brozovic (Al-Nassr) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 52' Second yellow card to Milad Sarlak (Persepolis FC) for a bad foul.
  5. 55' Masoud Rigi (Persepolis FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 62' Own Goal by Danial Esmaeilifar, Persepolis FC. Persepolis FC 0, Al-Nassr 1.
  7. 72' Goal! Persepolis FC 0, Al-Nassr 2. Mohammed Qasem (Al-Nassr) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the top left corner. Assisted by Abdulrahman Ghareeb.
  8. 73' Substitution, Persepolis FC. Omid Alishah replaces Ali Nemati.
  9. 73' Substitution, Persepolis FC. Soroush Rafiei replaces Mohammad Omari.
  10. 80' Substitution, Al-Nassr. Sami Al Naji replaces Marcelo Brozovic.
  11. 85' Substitution, Al-Nassr. Khalid Al Ghannam replaces Sadio Mané.
  12. 85' Substitution, Al-Nassr. Nawaf Boushal replaces Sultan Al Ghannam.
  13. 87' Substitution, Persepolis FC. Yasin Salmani replaces Shahab Zahedi.
  14. 87' Substitution, Persepolis FC. Sina Asadbeigi replaces Saeid Sadeghi.
  15. 90'+1' Substitution, Al-Nassr. Meshari Al Nemer replaces Cristiano Ronaldo.
  16. 90'+1' Substitution, Al-Nassr. Ali Al Hassan replaces Otávio.

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