AFC Champions League Elite

FT Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Kawasaki Frontale DDLDW 3
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Al Nassr WWLWW 2
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KAW213
NSR112
Alinma Bank Stadium at King Abdullah Sport City · 28,810 att.

Match Report

Japanese side dump Ronaldo, Al Nassr from Champions League

Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr were dumped out of the Asian Champions League Elite as Japan's Kawasaki Frontale spectacularly ripped up the script with a 3-2 semifinal victory on Wednesday to reach the continental final for the first time.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
5
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
6
5
Saves
2
25.7
Possession
74.3
9
SHOTS
21
5
ON GOAL
6
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
145
Accurate Passes
542
216
Passes
630
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
5
9
Crosses
27
0.3
Cross %
0.2
42
Long Balls
42
11
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
3
15
Effective Tackles
6
21
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
15
Interceptions
8
56
Effective Clearances
18
56
Clearances
18

Lineups

NSR · 4-4-2

  1. 24BentoG
  2. 78Ali LajamiCD-L
  3. 3Mohamed SimakanCD-R
  4. 12Nawaf BoushalLB
  5. 2Sultan Al-GhannamRB
  6. 19Ali Al-HassanCM-L
  7. 11Marcelo BrozovicCM-R
  8. 10Sadio ManéLM
  9. 25OtávioRM
  10. 7Cristiano RonaldoCF-L
  11. 9Jhon DuránCF-R

KAW · 4-4-2

  1. 98Louis YamaguchiG
  2. 35Yuichi MaruyamaCD-L
  3. 2Kota TakaiCD-R
  4. 13Sota MiuraLB
  5. 31Sai Van WermeskerkenRB
  6. 77Yuki YamamotoCM-L
  7. 8Kento TachibanadaCM-R
  8. 23MarcinhoLM
  9. 37Tatsuya ItoRM
  10. 16Yuto OzekiCF-L
  11. 32Soma KandaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Al-Nassr 0, Kawasaki Frontale 1. Tatsuya Ito (Kawasaki Frontale) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
  2. 28' Goal! Al-Nassr 1, Kawasaki Frontale 1. Sadio Mané (Al-Nassr) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nawaf Bu Washl.
  3. 37' Ali Lajami (Al-Nassr) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 41' Goal! Al-Nassr 1, Kawasaki Frontale 2. Yuto Ozeki (Kawasaki Frontale) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  5. 44' Substitution, Al-Nassr. Aymeric Laporte replaces Ali Lajami.
  6. 44' Substitution, Al-Nassr. Ângelo replaces Ali Al Hassan.
  7. 45' Substitution, Kawasaki Frontale. Yasuto Wakizaka replaces Yuto Ozeki.
  8. 45' Substitution, Kawasaki Frontale. Erison replaces Soma Kanda.
  9. 60' Substitution, Kawasaki Frontale. So Kawahara replaces Kento Tachibanada because of an injury.
  10. 64' Substitution, Kawasaki Frontale. Akihiro Ienaga replaces Marcinho.
  11. 70' Substitution, Kawasaki Frontale. Asahi Sasaki replaces Sai van Wermeskerken.
  12. 76' Goal! Al-Nassr 1, Kawasaki Frontale 3. Akihiro Ienaga (Kawasaki Frontale) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Erison.
  13. 77' Substitution, Al-Nassr. Aiman Yahya replaces Sultan Al Ghannam.
  14. 78' Substitution, Al-Nassr. Wesley replaces Marcelo Brozovic.
  15. 87' Goal! Al-Nassr 2, Kawasaki Frontale 3. Aiman Yahya (Al-Nassr) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Wesley.
  16. 90'+4' Erison (Kawasaki Frontale) is shown the yellow card.

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