With the intention of helping the Al Nassr squad win the Asian Champions League, Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates have traveled to the United Arab Emirates.

After being fined and serving a оne-match suspensiоn fоr making an alleged insulting gesture fоllоwing his team’s 3-2 SPL victоry against Al Shabab, Rоnaldо is back. He will nоw have tо spearhead Al Nassr’s оffensive in Mоnday’s ACL quarterfinal matchup with UAE team Al Ain.

SEE MORECristiano Ronaldo: Al Nassr captain responds angrily to ‘Messi’ taunting from Al Hilal supportersRonaldo was forced to watch the league match on Thursday from the sidelines as Al Nassr grabbed the lead four times before drawing 4–4 with bottom-place team Al Hazm at home due to the punishment. The outcome put the team nine points behind league leaders Al Hilal and in second place in the league.

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“We will be completely focused on the Asian Champions League, so the league result won’t affect our performance there.”

Ronaldo played a pivotal role in leading Nassr reach the quarterfinals. In the round of 16 match, Nassr defeated Al Fayha, a Saudi team, 2-0 at home thanks to a goal from the Portuguese star.

At Al Awwal Park, the score was started by fellow countryman Otavio in minute seventeen. Ronaldo secured the victory four minutes remaining by taking advantage of a goalkeeping error.Nassr, who had finished in the semifinals of the Champions League the previous two times, won 3-0 overall. Ronaldo had also netted the game’s lone goal at Fayha in the first leg.

Nassr’s best opportunity of winning a trophy this season is through the continental competition, and the team traveled a short distance to play Al Ain, the 2003 champions, in the first leg of the quarterfinal.

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Al Ain fell behind 1-0 early in the second half of their match at the Hazza bin Zayed Stadium following a goalless first leg. However, four minutes later, attacker Kodjo Laba tied the score.

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While Al Ittihad is waiting to see if star striker Karim Benzema recovers from a muscle issue, Brazilian sensation Neymar is still absent for Al Hilal.

On Friday, the two teams faced off in the league. Ittihad took the lead thanks to former Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante, but Al Hilal rallied for a 3-1 victory to win 25 games in a row in all competitions.

“The players are playing with a lot of confidence,” Jorge Jesus, the Hilal coach, remarked. “This is a good thing because we have a lot of important games coming up, like the Asian Champions League, where we will need to perform at our highest level against Al Ittihad.”