Cristiano Ronaldo was not involved in the 0-0 of Al-Nassr with Persepolis at the Iranian National Stadium in the culmination of the league phase of their AFC Champions League campaign.
The Saudi Pro League Club shared a dead end with the Persian Gulf Pro League team at the Azadi Sport complex in Tehran, which has a capacity of more than 78,000.
Croatia International and former Inter Milan midfielder Marcelo Brozovic was one of the high-level players to start in an Al-Nassr team also lacking stars such as New Forward Jhon Duran.
The double African footballer of the year, Sadio Mane remained an unused substitute and the Spanish defender Aymeric Laporte came out of the bench as part of a round trip of around 2,000 miles for visitors.
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– Alnassr FC (@alnassrfc_en) February 17, 2025
Cristiano Ronaldo: Why didn’t he play Vs Persepolis?
Al-Nassr rested the players because they had already qualified For the final of 16, offering their captain a break after playing for 76 minutes in their 3-2 Saudi Saudi victory in Al-Ahli on Thursday.
Ronaldo’s official Youtube channelwhich has nearly 74 million subscribers, broadcast the Riyadh first Padel finals as Al-Nassr.
“Join Cristiano Ronaldo in this amazing event, after his new passion,” said the description of the flow, promising comments of the five -time golden ball winner of increasingly popular racket sport which is played on a smaller courtyard than Tennis.
The organizers described The Stream as “first historic moment” and a “unique collaboration to raise and promote padel players worldwide”.
Ronaldo Champions League statistics
Ronaldo scored six goals in the AFC Champions League of this season while the 40-year-old has been looking to add to his lonely trophy since he joined Al-Nassr in early 2023, winning the Champions Cup of the Champions Arab club that year.
Four of these goals occurred in its last three appearances in the competition, marking twice each of the Qatari opponents al-Gharafa on November 25 and at home of the Emirati Al-Wasl team on February 3.
Al-Nassr will finish the third and play the team which came sixth in its table from the West region in the round of 16, with the first legs scheduled between March 3 and 5 and the return matches of the following week.
They were eliminated in penalties by the Emirati Al Ain team in the quarter -final last season during the first experience of the Ronaldo competition.
He won on 2007/08 Champions League In Europe with Manchester United and repeated the feat four times between 2014 and 2018 with Real Madrid.
Al-Ahli and the reigning Saudi champions al-Hilal are competing for the first place of the Al-Nassr group and have a match to play.
Friday, Al-Nassr welcomed Al-etttifaq (5 p.m. GMT) in their high interior flight. They are third and eight points behind the Al-Ittihad leaders.
