Cristiano devastated, Al Nassr crash out the AFC Champions League on penalties

Al Nassr beat Al Ain 4-3 in the AFC Champions League quarter-finals in extra time but are out of the competition as they lost 3-1 on penalties. The aggregate score was 4-4 and the game needed penalties to find a winner. Al Ain advances to the semifinals of the AFC Champions League.

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Al Nassr was dominating the game early by creating many chances in the first two minutes, but they couldn't covert them. This would punish them in the 28th minute as a counter-attack from Al Ain led to their lead. Kaku plays a great ball to Soufiane Rahimi, who runs with pace on the left side and slots the ball between Raghed Najjar's legs. The goal was disallowed, but VAR checked the play, and the player was just onside. In the 45th minute, Al Ain got their second goal as Rahimi shot from outside the box that hit the bottom left corner of the net. Rahimi grabbed his brace and was leading 3-0 on aggregate.

Al Nassr scored a few minutes late, just before halftime. Abdulrahman Ghareeb scored, and his shot went into the bottom right corner, assisted by Sadio Mane. Al Nassr were 2-1 down at halftime and 3-1 down on aggregate. In the second half, Al Nassr grabbed the equalizer. Otavio sends a cross in the box and Al Ain keeper Khalid Eisa puts the ball in his own net. Al Nassr grabbed a third in the 73rd minute as Alex Telles' free kick went into the bottom left corner, which was meant to be a cross in the box. Al Nassr was winning 3-2 and drawing 3-3 on aggregate, and after 90 minutes, the game went to extra time.

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Al Nassr ties it again in extra time but loses on penalties

In extra time, Al Nassr keeper Najjar has a howler as a cross comes in and he was unable to catch it. The ball hits the crossbar, and it falls to Shamsi, who scores from close range for Al Ain. The game was 3-3 but 4-3 on aggregate in favor of Al Ain. In the 117th minute, Al Nassr had a penalty. Cristiano Ronaldo stepped up and scored the penalty to win the game 4-4 on aggregate and send the game to penalties.

In the penalty shootout, Marcelo Brozovic and Alex Telles missed their penalties. Ronaldo scored his penalty, but Otavio missed Al Nassr's fourth penalty kick. Al Ain scored all three of their penalties, and they defeated Al Nassr 3-1 on pens and eliminated them from the AFC Champions League.