According to Tasnim news agency, Iran’s Persepolis football team lined up against Saudi Arabia’s Nasr at 21:30 tonight (Monday – Iran time) in the framework of the fifth week of the group stage of the 2023-24 Asian Champions League, at the first stadium of Riyadh Park. It ended in a 0-0 draw.
Al-Nasr composition: Nawaf Al-Agaidi, Ayman Yahya, Ali Lajami, Aymeric Laporte, Sultan Al-Ghanam, Marcelo Brozovic, Ottavio, Sami Al-Najai (21 – Mohammad Al Fatil), Abdul Rahman Gharib, Sadio Mane and Cristiano Ronaldo
The composition of Persepolis: Alireza Biranvand, Georgi Golsiani, Mohammad Hossein Kananizadegan, Ali Nemati, Daniyal Esmailifar, Masoud Rigi, Milad Sarlak, Soroush Rafiei, Mehdi Torabi, Omid Alishah and Shahab Zahedi.
referee: We are not
The important scenes of this match in the first half are as follows:
Minute 2: Soroush Rafiei’s mistake in the penalty area of Persepolis was not far from announcing a penalty. After failing to block the ball, Rafiei tackled Cristiano Ronaldo’s leg and knocked down the Al-Nasr superstar. However, after reviewing the scene with the help of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system, Ma Ning rejected the hypothesis of a possible penalty. Of course, Ronaldo pointed out to the referee that there was no penalty foul on him.
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Minute 12: After a combined work, Mehdi Torabi sent a deep pass to Shahab Zahedi, but the Persepolis striker could not pass the two Al-Nasr defenders and the ball fell into the hands of Nawaf Al-Aghaidi.
Minute 13: After Al-Nasr’s defenders failed to defend the corner kick, Torabi fired a shot at the host’s goal from behind the penalty area, and the ball went wide of the goal.
Minute 16: The quick counterattack of Persepolis led by Omid Alishah led to the most dangerous situation in the first third of the first half. The captain of Persepolis passed the ball to Daniyal Esmailifar, who had no difficulty in blocking the calm shot of the defender of Al-Nasr.
Minute 17: Ali Lajami received a red card from the referee for the rough foul he committed on Milad Sarlek so that Nasr could continue playing with 10 players.
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20 minutes: Turabi again found a chance to shoot behind the penalty area of Nasr and aimed at the goal of Luis Castro’s students, when the ball fell into the hands of Nawaf Al-Aghaidi.
Minute 23: Mohammad Hossein Kananizadegan’s pass from the right side of the Nasr penalty area reached Turabi, but the ball did not match the Persepolis midfielder’s feet and his bad shot went to the goal.
Minute 27: Shahab Zahedi got the ball from the back of the Nasr penalty area and after a beautiful turn, he shot a good shot towards the Nasr goal, but the ball went out from the side of the goal.
Minute 44: Shahab Zahedi received a yellow card from the Chinese referee due to his elbow collision with Ottavio.
Minute 44: Less than a minute later, Ottavio managed to get another warning for Persepolis! Omid Alishah received a yellow card from the referee due to a foul on the Portuguese midfielder Al-Nasr.
45+1 minutes: Ronaldo’s shot towards the goal of Persepolis from the back of the penalty area did not find a way to the goal of the Red Army and went wide of the goal.
45+4 minutes: Soroush Rafiei was also fined by the referee with a yellow card for a foul on Marcelo Brozovic.