Cristiano Ronaldo shares his ‘good vibes’ at Al Nassr ahead of the crunch AFC Champions League match against Al Feiha.
Cristiano Ronaldo posted his mood on Instagram ahead of Al Nassr’s AFC Champions League second leg against opponents Saudi.
Ronaldo was clearly at ease, captioning his post “good vibes” two days before Al Nassr faced fellow Saudi Arabian club Al Feiha in the round of 16 of the European Champions League. Asia this week.
Ronaldo and Al Nassr hold a big advantage after ending the first leg away from home last week with a victory and will confidently advance when they play at home in the second leg.
Al Feiha are not one of Saudi Arabia’s traditional giants and finished 11th out of 16 teams in the domestic league last season, having recently finished second in 2021. But they have performed a string notable match to win the championship of the King’s Cup in the 2021/22 season to gain the right to participate in the AFC Champions League 2023/24.
After that, Al Feiha continued to create a surprise by passing the group stage of this year’s Asian Cup, despite being a team struggling in the Saudi Pro League.
Al Hilal (1991, 2000, 2019, 2021) and Al Ittihad (2004, 2005) are the only Saudi Arabian teams to have ever been crowned champions in Asia’s highest club competition. Al Nassr has yet to win this tournament, the capital Riyadh’s best performance was runner-up in 1995, when they lost to Ilhwa Chunma, now known as Seongnam FC, of South Korea.
With Ronaldo returning from injury and still in very good form, Al Nassr is aiming for titles on many fronts this season. The 7-point gap with Al Hilal is not too big to close the Saudi Pro League championship race when the tournament has 14 matches left, and they have also entered the King’s Cup semi-finals and have a chance to go far in the AFC Champions. League is still very bright.
