Cristiano Ronaldo was indirectly involved in the conflict in Middle East after this Tuesday Iran launch a major missile attack Israel. Obviously, the Portuguese had nothing to do with this confrontation, but in football terms, his team, the Al-Nassrhas a match scheduled in the Iranian country on October 22. It will be against him Esteghlal The third day of Champions Asian.
This war also threatens football and more particularly the teams which make up the Champions League of Asia. Al Nassr, which belongs to Saudi Arabiayou are considering applying to Asian Football Confederation that the said meeting which should be held in Tehran be moved to neutral territory so as not to be affected in any way by the conflict.
“We are monitoring the situation and will work on it in the coming days to move the match to neutral ground,” Al Nassr sources recently told Saudi media. However, they clarified that, for the moment, they have not made this proposal while waiting to see how the conflict between Israel and Iran continues to evolve: “We have not yet submitted an official request to the Asian Confederation to move the long-awaited continental clash.” .
The Al Nassr star, for his part, has seven goals in the eight matches he has played this season. For the moment, Cristiano has only played once in the Champions League, as he did not play in his club’s first match against Al Shorta of Iraqbut this third day against the Iranian Esteghlal worries the Saudis, seeing how the situation between Israel and Iran has further worsened. Lebanon.
Cristiano’s performances this season
The Asian Confederation decided in 2016 that duels between Saudi and Iranian teams would be played on neutral territory, a rule that remained in force until the previous edition of this Asian Champions League, in which clubs from both countries could play again in their stadiums. . During this period, the Saudi teams chose to Qatar to play their matches, and those from Iran opted for the capital of Oman, MuscatAnd DubaiIn United Arab Emiratesas places for their meetings.
As they say, Al Nassr has already played its first match in the current edition of the Asian Champions League. Cristiano’s team drew (1-1) without its biggest star, the Portuguese, during his visit to Al Shorta in Iraq. Already on the second date, the old the real Madrid he excelled by scoring the winning goal against the Al-Rayyan Qatari (2-1).
The Saudis are fourth in the West Zone standings, with four points, two less than the Al-Hilal and the Al Ahliand one more than Esteghlal, their next rival and with whom they have this complicated matter to resolve.
