Al-Nasr, coached by Portuguese Luis Castro who did not call up Cristiano Ronaldo, drew 1-1 in the final round of Group E of the Asian Football Champions League against Tajikistan’s Istiklol on Tuesday but had already completed the game.
Luis Castro introduced an initial “eleven” consisting entirely of Saudi players, leaving some foreigners such as Portuguese Otavio, Brazilian Anderson, Spaniard Aymeric Laporte, Senegalese Sadio Mane and Ivorian Seko Fofana on the bench.
The Portuguese coach did not even call up Cristiano Ronaldo to spare him, as well as Croatian midfielder Marcelo Brozovic and Brazilian Alex Telles.
Istiklol took the lead in the 32nd minute through midfielder Alisher Jalilov, but Al-Nasr restored the tie in the 50th minute through midfielder Abdulrahman Gharib.
Portugal international Otavio was also introduced in the 90+1 minute, replacing Abdulmajid Al Sulaihim, who was still yellow-carded in the 90+4 minute, in addition to Talisca and Seko Fofana, who came on in the 74th and 85th minutes. , respectively.
Al-Nasr won the group, securing progress to the next stage with 14 points, followed by Iranians Persepolis with eight, Al Duhail with seven and Istiqlol with three.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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