Cristiano Ronaldo and Al-Nassr were eliminated from the AFC Champions League while they fell 3-2 against Kawasaki Frontale in the semi-final.
Kawasaki took the lead within 10 minutes after the kick -off when Tatsuya Ito broke the impasse with a beautiful volley. Marcinho made a brilliant movement of the left flank while he dribbled along his marker with some silky accents and entered the box before he drove a cross. Mohamed Simakan intercepted the ball, but it went directly to Ito, who scored with a first shot from the edge of the area.
The Saudi giants, however, quickly recovered from the early setback when Sadio Mane supplied the equalizer of the Pas of Nawaf Boushal just before half an hour in the half hour. Ronaldo could have placed his team in the front in the 33rd minute, but his wrong header came from the bar up close.
A few minutes before the half-time whistle, the Japanese club restored their lead through the Yuto Ozeki strike. ITO again played a crucial role in the structure of the goal when he initially made a solo run, past two al-Nassr players before he made a shot that was blocked by Bento, but Ozeki scored from the rebound.
Kawasaki should have sealed the fate of the game early in the second half when Yuki Yamamoto Erison set up with a square pass for the goal, but credit on Bento for changing the direction of the pass at the last minute with a desperate rescue.
The visitors made a few changes after the break, which eventually turned out to be a tactical master class, because replacement replacement Akihiro Ienaga scored the winning goal in the 76th minute of Erison's Assist.
Ayman Yahya pulled one back towards the end of the game for the hosts, but it turned out to be a frustrating night for Ronaldo, who still has to win an important title for Al-Nassr since he came to them in January 2023.
Match -Events
11 'goal! Al Nassr FC 0-1 Kawasaki Frontale (Tatsuya Ito)
29 'goal! Al Nassr FC 1-1 Kawasaki Frontale (Sadio Mané)
43 'goal! Al Nassr FC 1-2 Kawasaki Frontale (Yuto Ozeki)
76 'goal! Al Nassr FC 1-3 Kawasaki Frontale (Akihiro ienaga)
87 'goal! Al Nassr FC 2-3 Kawasaki Frontale (Ayman Yahya)
93 'Highlight of Al Nassr FC vs Kawasaki Frontale
95 'Match event for Al Nassr FC vs Kawasaki Frontale
Line-ups
Al Nassr FC XI: Ronaldo, Brozovic, Mane, Otávio, Sultan al-Ghanam, Ali Lajami, Ali Al-Hassan, Mohamed Simakan, Jhon Durán, Bento, Nawaf Al-Boushal
Subs: Laporte, Mohammed al-Fatil, Abdulmajed al-Sulayhim, Ahmad al-Harbi, Abdullah Alkhaibari, Raghed al-Najjar, Abdulrahman Ghareeb, Ayman Yahya, Mohammed Marran, ângelo, Salem aljerngelo, Salem aljerngelo, Salem aljerngelo, Salem aljngelo,
Kawasaki Frontale XI: Yuichi Maruyama, Marcinho, Sai van Wermeskerken, Tatsuya, Louis Thébault-Yamaguchi, Yuki Yamamoto, Kento Tachibanada, Kota Takai, Sota Miura, Yuto Ozeki, Somaa
Subs: Akihiro Ienaga, Sung-Gryong Jung, Shunsuke Ando, ​​Yusuke Segawa, Yasuto Wakizaka, César Haydar, Erison, So Kawahara, Shuto Tanabe, Asahi Sasaki, Shin Yamada, Patick Verhon