Saudi Arabia – On Monday evening, All Park Stadium, in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, will host the anticipated match between Al-Nasr Club and its guest, Al-Ain, in the second leg of the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League.
The Asian Football Confederation assigned the task of managing the confrontation between Al-Nasr Club and its guest Al-Ain to the Omani referee Ahmed Al-Kaf, who is supposed to blow the starting whistle at exactly (22:00) local time, and (23:00) UAE time.
Al-Nasr Club enters this match with the only chance of winning to qualify for the semi-finals of the prestigious continental club championship, after losing to Al-Ain, by a single goal, in the first leg that brought them together last Monday, at the “Hazza Bin Zayed” Stadium in the Emirati city of Al-Ain.
Channels broadcasting the Al-Nasr and Al-Ain match in the second leg of the AFC Champions League quarter-finals:
beIN Sports AFC group of Qatari channels.
Saudi SSC channels (SSC1 HD).
Abu Dhabi Sports Channels inside the Emirates (Abu Dhabi Sports Asia 1).
Al Kass Sports Channels inside Qatar (Al Kass Nine HD).
The absence of Spanish defender Aymeric Laporte, who was sent off in the first leg, will pose a headache for Portuguese Luis Castro, the coach of Al-Nasr Club, and he is expected to choose the following lineup:
Goalkeeper: Raghed Al-Najjar
Defense line: Ali Lagami, Abdel-Ilah Al-Omari, Nawaf Bushel, Alex Telles
Midfield: Marcelo Brozovic, Otavio, Abdullah Al-Khaibari, Ayman Yahya
Attacking line: Sadio Mane, Cristiano Ronaldo.
On the other hand, Argentine Hernan Crespo, coach of Al Ain Club, is likely to rely on the squad that defeated “Alamy”, which was as follows:
Goalkeeper: Khaled Issa
Defensive line: Khaled Al-Hashimi, Eric de Menezes, Kwame Otuni, and Bandar Al-Ahbabi.
