David Ospina send tremendous news from Saudi Arabiais now fully recovered from the muscle discomfort he suffered in the friendly against Inter Miami and he returned to play an official match after more than a year of absence.
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The archer of the Colombia selection He reappeared on the playing fields this Monday after a year, a month and 19 days. Ospina He was a starter with number 26, in Al Nassr, for the quarterfinals of thehe Asian Champions League.
Long-awaited return for the Colombian who was once again registered by the Arab team after recovering from his elbow injury and a muscle discomfort suffered a few weeks ago in a friendly.
Although it was not a dream return for the Antioquian goalkeeper, he saw his team fall 1-0 against the Al-Ain from United Arab Emirates in the first leg of the quarterfinals.
Game Summary
He Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr will have to overcome a one-goal deficit if they want to reach the semifinals of the Asian Champions League. A defeat that the Portuguese striker was able to avoid with ten minutes remaining with a powerful shot from inside the area that only a sensational save from the local goalkeeper Khalid Eisa prevented it from ending in a goal.
Opportunity that did not prevent Cristiano Ronaldowho had to listen to the Emirati fans chanting the name of the Argentine Lionel Messi from the stands, was overshadowed by the great performance of the Moroccan attacker of the Al-Ain, Soufiane Rahimi.
The Moroccan international became a headache for the defense at all times. Al Nassr Saudi, in which the Spanish central defender once again acted as a starter Aymeric Laporte, who ended up sent off after seeing the red card in the 94th minute. In fact, at twenty-eight minutes a precise ball served for the Paraguayan Alejandro Romero 'Kaku' made it 1-0 for Al-Ain.
A goal that never went up on the scoreboard when the referee of the match verified when reviewing the video images that the Moroccan player was in an illegal position at the start of the action. Nothing could prevent, however, sixteen minutes later, on the 44th, Soufiane Rahimi from signing what would ultimately be the final 1-0 by resolving with quality in the area a sensational filtered pass from the Paraguayan Kaku.
So much so that he was about to respond a few seconds later Cristiano Ronaldo, who returned to the starting eleven after completing the suspension match with which he was punished for responding with “immoral” gestures to the shouts of Messi, Messi in a match of the Saudi League, with a shot that was stopped by the local goalkeeper.
Al Nassr would not worry the local goal again until the final minutes of the second half, when Cristiano Ronaldo collided with the goalkeeper again. Al Ain Khalid Eisa.
Quite the opposite of the Emirati team that was able to extend its advantage in the 71st minute in an action by Soufiane Rahimi that ended in a goal, although it did not go up on the scoreboard due to offside by the Moroccan attacker. A circumstance that did not prevent Al-Ain from achieving a victory (1-0) that will force Cristiano Ronaldo and his team to come back in the return match that will be played next Monday, March 11, at Al Awwal Park in Riyadh .
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With information from EFE.
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