National midfielder Park Yong-woo played an active role by inducing the opponent’s own goal, but his team Al Ain (United Arab Emirates) was defeated by Alnasr (Saudi Arabia), where Cristiano Ronaldo scored the winning goal.
Al-Ain lost 1-5 to Al-Nasr in the away game of the fourth round of the 2024-2025 Asian Football Confederation Champions League Elite (ACLE) league stage at King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on the 6th (Korea time).
Al Ain was the champion last season of the tournament, but this season, he lost three consecutive games after one draw and only gained one point, putting him at the bottom of the 12 teams in the West Asian group.
On the other hand, Alnasr won three consecutive games after one draw and rose to third place, increasing his chances of advancing to the tournament.
The 2024-2025 ACLE, which will involve 24 teams, will be divided into 12 East and West Asian groups to play the league stage first, and the top eight teams in each group will advance to the round of 16 tournaments to continue the competition for the championship.
Al Ain was dragged away by Andersson Taliska in the first five minutes of the first half. Taliska opened the scoring with his right foot low near the penalty arc.
Alnasr gained more momentum with Ronaldo’s additional goal in the 31st minute of the first half. Sadio Mane’s mid-range shot was blocked by the goalkeeper, and Ronaldo rushed to the left of the goal area and lightly kicked it with his left foot.
Six minutes later, Angelou Gabrieu’s shot hit Alain central defender Fabio Cardoju’s foot and scored an own goal, finishing the first half ahead 3-0.
Al Ain fought back by scoring a comeback in the 11th minute of the second half. 안전놀이터
Park Yong-woo attempted a right-footed mid-range shot from the center of the opponent’s midfield, and the ball hit the left side of the net before hitting goalkeeper Bento’s back and leading to a goal. The goal was recorded as Bento’s own goal.
However, Al-Ain failed to continue the atmosphere and was hit by consecutive goals in the 36th minute of the second half by Wesley and Taliska in extra time and knelt down.
Ronaldo’s goal became the winning goal of the game.