And he condemns Victory Thanks to this victory to his Spanish cannon Aymeric Laporte Who scored the decisive goal nine minutes before the end of the match.
And tops Crescent Al-Gharb Group standings with 9 points from three matches, on goal difference vs Al-Ahly Saudi for 7 points each Dam Qatari, Al-Nasr, six points To connect UAE, three points each for Qatar’s Esteghlal and Al Gharafa, two points for Uzbekistan’s Pakhtakor and Iraq’s Al-Shorta, and one point for Iran’s Persepolis. And the eye UAE, while Qatar’s Al Rayyan’s balance remained devoid of points.
Al-Nasr imposed its control over the course of the game from the beginning, and reached the opponent’s goal more than once, the most dangerous of which was when it led the Senegalese scorer Sadio Mane A quick attack, then he passed the ball to Nawaf Al-Bushal, who shot a powerful shot, but goalkeeper Hussein Hosseini kept the danger away from his goal.
The first Iranian response came through Jalaluddin Masharipov, who shot a ball on the outskirts of the penalty area, but it passed next to the left post. Immediately after that, Otavio, the Al-Nasr player, shot a strong ball from outside the penalty area, which was successfully blocked by goalkeeper Hussein Al-Husseini.
In the last minutes of the half, Al-Nasr team was the most dangerous in the opponent’s goal, as Mane formed And Cristiano Ronaldo Constant threat to Esteghlal’s defense, and Ronaldo almost opened the scoring with a perfect shot, but Esteghlal’s goalkeeper stood watch for him.
Al-Nasr coach Stefano Pioli brought in Brazilian striker Talisca to be the fourth substitution after the entry of the trio, Ali Lagami, Ali Al-Hussein and Sultan Al-Ghanem.
Talisca’s effectiveness was demonstrated when he shot a strong ball from outside the penalty area, but goalkeeper Hosseini narrowly deflected it into a corner kick, and Iranian Ali Reza Keshki responded with a powerful shot from the left side that was successfully blocked by goalkeeper Pinto Krebski.
Laporte snatched the winning goal for Al-Nasr in the 81st minute after following up on the ball that bounced off the goalkeeper and headed into the goal.
Substitute Wesley Teixeira almost added the second goal for Al-Nasr, but the right post stopped to block his shot.
Al-Nasr tied in the first round with Al-Shorta 1-1 in Baghdad, then won in the second round against Al-Rayyan 2-1 in Riyadh.
On the other hand, Al-Istiklal won in the first round against Al-Gharafa 3-0 in Shahri Quds, and lost in the second round to Al-Sadd 0-2 in Doha.
The clubs that finish in the top eight positions in the Western Region qualify for the league stage, in order to compete in the round of 16.
