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Key moments
Next matches
Al-Shorta will now return to the field on October 1st, when they visit Al-Hilal. Al-Nassr will play on Friday (20), visiting Al-Ettifaq.
END OF MATCH
With goals in the first half, Al-Shorta and Al-Nassr draw in their debut in the AFC Champions League!
Change at Al-Shorta
Substitution at Al-Shorta: Dawood leaves and Zirwa enters.
Slow game
The game loses some of its rhythm towards the end, with little happening on the pitch after the changes.
Change in Al-Nassr
Change in Al-Nassr: Lajami left and Al-Fatil entered.
Change in Al-Shorta
Substitutions at Al-Shorta: Faisal Jassim and Shakir are out, making way for Sajjad Jasim and Ameer Sabah. And Lucas Esquerdinha has a yellow card for a serious foul.
Out!
Talisca, taking a free kick at the edge of the area, sent the ball over the goal.
Out!
Mukhtar Ali, on a pass from Otávio, managed to finish from distance, but sent the ball wide.
Changes at Al-Nassr
Substitution at Al-Nassr: Mané and Alnajdi left for Wesley and Boushal.
Change in Al-Shorta
Al-Shorta changes: Al Mawas and Hussein Ali are out, and Mohanad Ali and Lucas Esquerdinha are in.
OUT
Otávio, from Lajami's cross, managed to head the ball, but sent it to the right of the goal!
Al-Nassr's pressing
In the second half, Al-Nassr came back pressing and trying to go forward in search of the second goal to get back in front on the scoreboard!
Basil
Lajami, from Otávio's cross, managed to head the ball, but sent it into Basil's hands.
Change in Al-Nassr
Substitution at Al-Nassr: Brozovic, who felt an injury, came off and Alkhaibari came on.
BASIL
Anderson Talisca received a pass from Mané inside the area and shot towards the right corner, but Basil flew spectacularly towards the right corner and palmed it away!
SECOND HALF STARTS
The teams return to the pitch and the ball rolls for the second half of the match!
END OF FIRST HALF
Al-Nassr took the lead with a goal from Ghareeb and Dawood equalised for Al-Shorta, ending the first half with the score at 1-1!
Added time
We will have SEVEN more minutes of added time in the first half.
NO PENALTY
VAR reviewed the play and identified that the foul was outside the area, almost on the line, already taken for the Al-Nassr defense to clear!
PENALTY FOR AL-SHORTA
Dawood went up against the defense, tried to dribble and was brought down by Simakan, earning the penalty for Al-Shorta!
Corner
On the right, Al-Shorta had a corner kick, taken into the area for Al-Nassr's defense to clear.
Out!
Mané received the pass inside the area and tried a cross shot, but sent the ball to the right of the goal!
Blocked
Anderson Talisca received the pass and shot from distance, but it went straight to the defense. Al-Nassr are back under pressure!
GOAL FOR AL-SHORTA
Alnajdi and Simakan went to try to block the pass, but missed the target and Dawood appeared alone to finish cross-field and tie the game!
Basil!
Ghareeb received the pass up front and shot towards the left corner, but Basil palmed it away and saved Al-Shorta!
OUT
Anderson Talisca, on a pass from Simakan, received the ball in the area and managed a powerful shot, but sent the ball to the left of the goal!
GOAL FOR AL-NASSR
Al Ghannam, on the right, received the pass invading the area and hit a cross into the right corner to open the away score for Al-Nassr!
Offside
Ghareeb was about to make a good escape, but he was offside and the move was disallowed.
Blocked
Shakir, with a pass inside the area, tries to shoot, but is blocked by the defense.
Corners
On the right, Al-Nassr had two corners in a row, both taken by Otávio for the defense to clear.
HERE WE GO
Anderson Talisca takes the first touch and the ball rolls for the first half of Al-Shorta and Al-Nassr!
Teams on the pitch!
Al-Shorta and Al-Nassr players take to the pitch to start the match!
The biggest winner
And a team from Saudi Arabia is the biggest winner of the competition! Al-Hilal, with four titles (1992, 2000, 2019 and 2021) is the one who won the most, while Pohang Steelers, from South Korea and Urawa Red Diamonds, from Japan, have three titles each, coming in right behind.
1971 AFC Champions
Al-Shorta, like Al-Nassr, also have one runner-up in the Champions League history, in 1971, losing by a home defeat to Maccabi Tel-Aviv.
1995 AFC Champions
Al-Nassr are still chasing their first Champions League title. The team reached one final in history, in 1995, when they lost 1-0 in extra time to Seognam, from Korea.
Retrospect
And this will not be the first clash between the two teams in history. In 2023, in the Arab Club Champions Cup, Al-Nassr faced Al-Shorta and won 1-0, with a goal by Cristiano Ronaldo, advancing to the finals of the competition.
Al-Nassr's bench
Boushal, Al-Fatil, Alkhaibari, Wesley, Al-Hassan, ângelo, Khalil Marran, Al Buainain.
Al-Nassr lined-up!
Bento, Al-Ghannam, Lajami, Simakan and Alnajdi; Brozovic, Mukhtar, Mané, Otavio and Ghareeb; Anderson Talisca.
Al-Shorta's bench
Ahmed, Abed Al Hachami, Matrook, Hashem, Sabah, Abdoul Magid, Amin, Ali, Farhan, Zirwa, Lucas Esquerdinha, Jasim.
Al-Shorta lined-up!
Ahmed Basil, Jassim, Younus, Ahmed Yahya and Charles Banga; Shakir, Subaihawi, Hussein Ali and Youssef; Al Mawas and Dawood.
Warm-up
The players go onto the pitch to begin warming up.
Welcome!
And the AFC Champions League is about to begin! Today we'll be playing the opening round, in the match between Al-Shorta and Al-Nassr!
