Stefano Pioli, manager of Al-Nassr, believes that after a 0-0 draw against Esteghlal in Tehran, his team played well in the first stage of her AFC Champions League round of 16 draws.
Former AC Milan boss Pioli has not managed to win 11 of his 30 games since he had played the Portuguese coach Luis Castro in the Saudi -Pro League club in the Saudi Pro League Pro League Pro League Club, including two defeats and a victory in the last five games in all competitions.
“I am satisfied with the performance of the team” Byannassr. “We must not forget that there is (the second leg) in Riad.”
Al-Nassr’s first defeat against Al-Orobah last Friday, who came against the Saudi Pro-Liga opponents, who took second place in the second stage last season, means that they are 10 points behind the leaders Al -ittihad in fourth place with 11 games of their remaining league campaign.
Some fans expressed their dissatisfaction with Pioli on X after the patient situation with Esteglal in the Azadi Stadium 78.116 Capacity, where Jhon Duran -A January of 65 million pounds from Aston Villa was closest to the ninth team in Iran, hit a post and was repeatedly thwarted by goalkeeper Hossein Hosseini.
Who can come past Seyed Hosseini? 🧤#Aclelite | #Estwnsr pic.twitter.com/tyabxjr9zl
– #aclelite | #Acltwo (@theafccl) March 3, 2025
Pioli: “Do you want Al-Nassr to be successful?”
Account al Nassr Zone, which has more than 61,000 followers, called for piolis outcome and suggested Cristiano Ronaldo Team “no identity”.
“You have to take measures because the situation deteriorates every day,” said the account, chief for Majed Jaman Alsorour, the club. “Do you want Al-Nassr to be successful? If you do this, things have to change as soon as possible. “
Al-Nassr is the sixth al-shabab on Friday (7 p.m. GMT) in her top flight. The second leg against Esteghlal will take place on March 10 (6 p.m. GMT).
A night that Al Nassr forgot in the attack, but one that can be remembered by Esteghlal’s defense! #Aclelite | #Estwnsr pic.twitter.com/rf7rnfbsar
– #aclelite | #Acltwo (@theafccl) March 3, 2025
Why didn’t Ronaldo play for Al Nassr in Iran?
Pioli said there were “physical reasons” for Captain and Saudi Pro League top scorer Ronaldo, who missed the return trip of around 2,200 miles. Al Jazirah reported.
The outlet said Pioli did not want to risk a more serious injury to the five-time Balloon D’Or winner, who shared a support message for his team on his Instagram account, the most followed at the platform lesson before kick-off and said: “Let’s go”.
Before the game the dpa news agency about Mailonlinereported that Al-Nassr had written to the organizers who ask that the game was played “on neutral soil” because of “Ronaldo’s bad experience in Tehran”.
According to reports, the police had to dispel crowds that the Hotel of Al-Nassr made when they visited the Tehran Club Persepolis in September 2023.
Ronaldo was not involved when Al-Nassr in the Azadi Stadium against Persepolis moved 0-0, who also used the ground on February 17, even though his team had already qualified for the last 16 at that time.
Talisca: Al Nashrs ‘real mistake’
Former Al-Nassr striker Talisca, who wrote on X on Friday, claimed that he knows that he was “where the real mistake is” in the club.
“(Duran) is a great player and will do a lot for this club,” said Talisca, who went in Fenerbahce on January 29 and responded to a list of the statistics of the former Aston Villa-Stürmers against Al-Orobah published by Byannassr.
“The problem is that you always want to find someone who is responsible for the defeats, but they don’t see where the real mistake is.
“Stop it all the time. You know where the mistake is, you are just afraid to say it. In addition, they want to do Duran what they have done to me to help others. “
He is a great player and will do a lot for this club. The problem is that you always want to find someone who is responsible for the defeats, but they don’t see where the real mistake is. Stop it all the time to behave like this
You know where the mistake is, you are just afraid to say it, lol
– Andertalisca (@talisca_aa) February 28, 2025
And on top of that, they want to do Doran what they have done to me to help others. “
– Andertalisca (@talisca_aa) February 28, 2025
Is Ghlal against al-wet
Pioli made four changes to Esteghlal and brought Sadio Mane for Ronaldo, the full-back Nawaf Boushal for Qashish and Winger Awad Ali al-Hassan and Ayman Yahya for Abdulmajeed al-Sulayhem and Wesley Teixra.
The hosts issued a five-man defense and had 29% of the property in the first half, but the new national national team of Mohammad Reza Azadi tested Al-Wet Rorkehüter Bento with a blasted drive.
During an end-to-end encounter, Ramin Rezaeian headed Ayman Yahya’s header after the Iranian international Hosseini Duran’s shot kept away with his legs.
Esteghlal threatened after the break when Armin Sohrabian marked a bright restart in space after the Kyrgyz striker Joel Kojo came to Azadi at halftime.
SOHRABIAN became a golden opportunity to create a golden opportunity shortly afterwards, and found Rezaeian in front of the gate with a crossroads from the left that his participation with another wing-back could only nod the wrong side of a post.
Ronaldo to Esteghlal in the second leg?
Al-Nassr defeated Esteghlal 1-0 against the former defender of Manchester City Aymeric Laporte in Dubai during the group stage on October 22nd.
Esteghlal was administered by the former Crvena Zvezda boss Miodrag Bozovic and won the AFC Champions League in 1970 and 1991.
The oldest professional team in Tehran has won the Persian Gulf Pro League nine times, but is currently ninth of 16 clubs in the division after only winning six of their first 21 league games of the season.
Ronaldo scored six goals in the AFC Champions League this season, since the 40-year-old has been added to his individual prophea since he came to Al-Nassr at the beginning of 2023 and won the Arab Club Champions Cup this year.
Four of these goals came in competition in his last three appearances and, on November 25th, scored the Emirati team Al-Wasl on November 25th and at home on February 3 on November 25th and at home.
