The triumph of Al nassr on Yokohama Marino confirmed the overwhelming domain of Saudi Arabia in the ASIA champions. The team of Cristiano Ronaldo He thrashed the Japanese painting with a forceful 1-4. And it is already the third Saudi team, with three possible, which is classified for semifinals after Al Hilal (7-0 to the South Korean Gwangju) and Al Ahli (3-0 to Buriram de Thailand). The semifinalist fourth will come out between the Qatari Sadd and the Japanese frontal Kawasaki.
Al Ahli 3-0 Buriram United AFC Champions League (quarterfinals)
The game in Jeddah lasted 25 minutes. What it took John Durán in taking advantage of a terrifying clearance of Thomas Deng (who left against the stick of his own goal) to score at the empty door the 0-1 hunting the rejection. The domain was total, Already the few minutes Sadio Mané made the second in a perfect counterattack driven by Otávio.
The superiority was overwhelming and the Japanese team made waters in defense. Just before the break, Cristiano Ronaldo's 935 arrived. The Portuguese took advantage of a bad guy from goalkeeper Kyu to rivet at a empty door. 0-3 and the semifinals, made.
There was no Japanese reaction after the break. On the contrary, Durán took little to sign double and do the 0-4. It was then that the game was balanced and Nassr lowered a couple of marches in the game. Watanabe made the goal of honor for Yokohama, And even Anderson Lopes had 2-4. The first goal that marked a Saudi team in this 'final phase' of the Asia Champions League.
But it was a mirage. The Nassr was much higher and Pioli allowed Cristiano to be taken out in the 66th minute to give rest to the semifinals, which will start on April 29. The Saudis did not suffer and the difference grew with the double yellow that Watanabe saw to be expelled. The score was no longer moved in a match that came down. The Nassr is waiting rival between SADD or Kawasaki front.
