AFC Champions League Elite

FT Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Al Nassr WWWWL 1
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Al Fayha WLLLL 0
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1st Leg · Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium · 3,111 att.

Match Report

Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images

Ronaldo goal sees Al Nassr take control of Asian CL tie

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first goal of 2024 to give Al Nassr a 1-0 win over fellow Saudi Arabian club Al Fayha on Wednesday in the first leg of the Asian Champions League's round of 16.

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Team Stats

2
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
6
11
Corner Kicks
3
0
Saves
2
76.6
Possession
23.4
14
SHOTS
2
3
ON GOAL
0
0.2
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
658
Accurate Passes
143
756
Passes
233
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.6
8
Accurate Crosses
0
31
Crosses
4
0.3
Cross %
0.0
53
Long Balls
71
31
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
1
11
Effective Tackles
14
12
Tackles
16
0.9
Tackle %
0.9
10
Interceptions
12
5
Effective Clearances
29
5
Clearances
29

Head to Head

NSR leads series 2-0-1

Lineups

FAY · 3-4-3

  1. 88Vladimir StojkovicG
  2. 4Sami Al KhaibariCD
  3. 33Hussain Al ShuwaishCD-L
  4. 2Mukhir Al RashidiCD-R
  5. 8Abdulrahman Al SafariCM-L
  6. 66Rakan KaabiCM-R
  7. 29Nawaf Al-HarthiLM
  8. 22Mohammed Al BaqawiRM
  9. 9Tony NwakaemeF
  10. 17Fashion SakalaCF-L
  11. 27Sultan MandashCF-R

NSR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 36Raghid Al-NajjarG
  2. 27Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 5Abdulelah Al-AmriCD-R
  4. 22Aziz BehichLB
  5. 2Sultan Al-GhannamRB
  6. 25OtávioAM
  7. 77Marcelo BrozovicLM
  8. 17Abdullah Al-KhaibariRM
  9. 7Cristiano RonaldoF
  10. 23Aiman YahyaAM-L
  11. 94TaliscaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 37' Abdullah Al Khaibari (Al-Nassr) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 58' Substitution, Al-Fayha. Henry Onyekuru replaces Sultan Mandash.
  3. 58' Substitution, Al-Fayha. Abdelhamid Sabiri replaces Rakan Kaabi.
  4. 75' Substitution, Al-Fayha. Khalid Kaabi replaces Anthony Nwakaeme.
  5. 77' Hussain Al Shuwaysh (Al-Fayha) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 81' Goal! Al-Fayha 0, Al-Nassr 1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Al-Nassr) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic.
  7. 82' Abdelhamid Sabiri (Al-Fayha) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 83' Substitution, Al-Nassr. Sami Al Naji replaces Otávio.
  9. 84' Substitution, Al-Fayha. Osama Al Khalaf replaces Mohammed Al Baqawi.
  10. 84' Substitution, Al-Fayha. Muhannad Al Qaydhi replaces Nawaf Al Harthi.
  11. 85' Raghid Najjar (Al-Nassr) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 89' Substitution, Al-Nassr. Abdulaziz Al Elewai replaces Aiman Yahya.
  13. 90'+4' Substitution, Al-Nassr. Abdulmajeed Al Sulayhim replaces Marcelo Brozovic.

AFC Champions League Elite News

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